THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee)
conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
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),
HAVING CONSIDERED the text of the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(b), (c) and (d) of the 1973 Convention, the
revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out at the annex to the present
resolution, each regulation being subject to separate consideration by the Parties pursuant to
article 16(2)(f)(ii) of the 1973 Convention;

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the
revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2006,
unless, prior to that date, not less than one-third of the Parties or 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 objection to the amendments;

3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of
the 1973 Convention, the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 shall enter into force on
1 January 2007 upon its 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 MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the present
resolution and the text of the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 contained in the annex; and

5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present
resolution and its annex to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to
MARPOL 73/78.