This document has been superseded by MSC.1/Circ.1588
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), approved amendments to the Emergency
response procedures for ships carrying dangerous goods (EmS Guide)
(MSC/Circ.1025, as amended by MSC.1/Circ.1025/Add.1, MSC.1/Circ.1262 and MSC.1/Circ.1360), set out in the annex, which is consequential to the amendments
to the IMDG Code, as adopted by resolution MSC.328(90).
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed amendments to the EmS Guide to the attention of all concerned,
taking into account the voluntary application date of 1 January 2013
of amendment 36-12 of the IMDG Code pending its envisaged mandatory
entry-into-force date of 1 January 2014.