Decision ID: 002385

In October 1992 the 1971 Fund Assembly decided, in accordance with Article 5.4 of the 1971 Fund Convention, to include the amendments to MARPOL 73/78, adopted in July 1991 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by Resolution MEPC.47(31), in the list of instruments contained in Article 5.3 (a) of the Convention, with effect from 4 October 1993. As regards amendments to MARPOL 73/78 adopted in March 1992 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee by Resolutions MEPC.51(32) and MEPC.52(32) the Assembly considered that these were of an important character for the purpose of the prevention of oil pollution, but decided that it was premature to include them in the list of instruments contained in Article 5.3 (a) of the 1971 Fund Convention. The Assembly decided not to include the April 1992 amendments to SOLAS 74 adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee (Resolutions MSC.24(60) and MSC.26(60)) in the list of instruments contained in Article 5.3 (a) of the 1971 Fund Convention, since they were not considered relevant for the purpose of Article 5 of the Convention.