ANNEX 2
RESOLUTION MEPC 77(41)
adopted on 2 April 1998
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE
AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION 10
OF ANNEX I OF MARPOL 73/78 IN RESPECT OF THE NORTH WEST
EUROPEAN
WATERS SPECIAL AREA SHALL TAKE EFFECT
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 38 of the Convention on the
Intemational Maritime Organization concerning the functions
of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MEPC.75(40) by which the
Committee adopted amendments to regulation 10 of Annex I of
the Intemational Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978
relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), to designate North West
European Waters as a special area,
NOTlNG ALSO the definition of the special
area under MARPOL Annex I, i.e. a sea area where for
recognised technical reasons in relation to its
oceanographical and ecologlcal condition and to the
particular character of its traffic the adoption of special
mandatory methods for the prevention of pollution of the sea
by oil is required,
NOTlNG FURTHER the information provided in
document MEPC 41/7/1 submitted by all the States bordering
the North West European Waters - Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the
United Kingdom - that adequate reception facilities are
provided in all ports within the North West European Waters
special area, in accordance with the provisions of regulation
10(7)(b)(iii) of MARPOL Aunex I,
HAVING CONSIDERED the request of the above
States to establish the date on which the requirements of
regulation 10 of MARPOL Aunex I in respect of the North West
European Waters special area shall take effect,
1 . DECIDES that the requirements of
regulation 10 of MARPOL Annex I concerning the North West
European Waters special area shall take effect on I August
1=999 with the proviso that the said amendments are deemed to
have been accepted on I August 1998;
2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to notify,
in confonnity with regulation 10(7)(b)(iii) of MARPOL 4nnex
I, all Parties to MARPOL 73/78 of the aforementioned
decision;
3. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to
notify all Members ofthe Organization of the aforementioned
decision.
