RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the function of the Committee conferred
upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control
of marine pollution,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MEPC.19(22) by which it adopted
the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code),
NOTING article 16 of
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978
relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol")
which together specify the amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol
and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function
of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as
modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),
NOTING ALSO that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventieth
session, considered and approved the proposed amendments to the IBC Code with a view to adoption under the provisions
of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
(1974 SOLAS Convention),
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed amendments to the IBC Code circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a)
of the 1973 Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention,
amendments to the IBC Code, the text of which
is set out at annex to the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16( 2)(f)(iii) of the 1973
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 January 2002, unless, prior to the date, not less than one-third
of the Parties or the Parties, the combined merchant fleets of which
constitute not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's
merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections
to the amendments;
3. INVITES the Parties to note that in accordance
with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention the amendments shall
enter into force on 1 July 2002 upon their acceptance in accordance
with paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article 16(2)(e) of the
1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to the 1978 Protocol certified
copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained
in the annex; and
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit
to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to the 1978
Protocol copies of the resolution and its Annex.