34 2000 BCH Code Amendments MEPC.9145 A.
Adoption
The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its forty-fifth session October 2000 adopted by resolution MEPC.9145, in accordance with article VI of the Protocol and article 16 of the Convention,
amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk BCH Code.
B. Entry into force
The Marine Environment Protection Committee determined, in accordance with article 162fiii and gii of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2002 and
will enter into force on 1 July 2002 unless, prior to the former date not less than one-third of the Parties or the Parties, the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross tonnage of the
worlds merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments. No such notification was received, and the amendments accordingly entered into force 1 July 2002.
35 2001 Condition Assessment Scheme CAS Amendments MEPC.9446 A.
Adoption
The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its forty-sixth session April 2001 adopted by resolution MEPC.9446, in accordance with article 162d of the 1973 Convention and article VI of the
Protocol, the Condition Assessment Scheme CAS for oil tankers as a mandatory requirement incorporated by reference in regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 7378, as amended by resolution MEPC.9546.
B.
Entry into force
The CAS provision took effect on 1 September 2002 upon the entry into force of the amendments to regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 7378 which were adopted by resolution MEPC.9546.
36 2001 Annex I Amendments MEPC.9546 A.
Adoption
The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its forty-sixth session April 2001 adopted by resolution MEPC.9546, in accordance with article 162d of the 1973 Convention and article VI of the
Protocol, amendments to regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 7378 and to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate.
B. Entry into force
The Marine Environment Protection Committee determined, in accordance with article 162fiii and gii of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 March 2002 and
will enter into force on 1 September 2002 unless, prior to the former date, not less than one-third of the Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross tonnage of the worlds
merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments. Only one notification was received, and the amendments accordingly entered into force on 1 September 2002.
C. Notifications
On 12 February 2002 from the United States of America, informing the Secretary-General that in
accordance with article 162fii of the 1973 Convention, the amendments adopted by resolution MEPC.9546 will not enter into force for the United States on 1 September 2002, but only after such time as the express
approval of the Government of the United States of America has been conveyed to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.
37 2002 Amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme MEPC.9948 A.
Adoption
The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its forty-eighth session October 2002 adopted by
resolution MEPC.9948, in accordance with article VI of the Protocol and article 16 of the Convention, amendments to the Condition Assessment Scheme.
B. Entry into force
The Marine Environment Protection Committee determined, in accordance with article 162fiii of the 1973 Convention that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 September 2003 and will
enter into force on 1 March 2004 unless, prior to the former date, not less than one-third of the Parties or the Parties, the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross tonnage of the
world’s merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments. No such notification was received as at 1 September 2003, and the amendments will accordingly enter into force on
1 March 2004.
38 2003 Annex I Amendments MEPC.11150 A.
Adoption
The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its fiftieth session December 2003 adopted by resolution MEPC.11150, in accordance with article 162d of the 1973 Convention, amendments to Annex I
of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973.
B. Entry into force
The Marine Environment Protection Committee determined, in accordance with article 162fiii of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 4 October 2004 and will
enter into force on 5 April 2005, unless, prior to the former date, one-third or more of the Parties, or the Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross tonnage of the world’s
merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments. One
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such notification was received and the amendments accordingly entered into force on 5 April 2005.
C. Notifications
