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RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions
for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on the
Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships held in May 2009
adopted the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally
Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong
Convention) together with six Conference resolutions,
NOTING that regulations 5.1 and
5.2 of the Annex to the Hong Kong Convention require that ships
shall have on board an Inventory of Hazardous Materials which shall
be prepared and verified taking into account Guidelines, including
any threshold values and exemptions contained in those Guidelines,
developed by the Organization,
NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.179(59) by
which the Committee adopted the Guidelines for the development of
the inventory of Hazardous Materials,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-second session, the recommendation
made by the Working Group on Guidelines for Ship Recycling,
1 ADOPTS the 2011 Guidelines for the development
of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials as set out in the Annex to
this resolution;
2 INVITES Member Governments to apply the 2011
Guidelines as soon as possible, or when the Convention becomes applicable
to them;
3 AGREES to keep the 2011 Guidelines for the development
of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials under review in the light
of experience gained;