Decision ID: 003632

In October 2009, in accordance with a decision in October 2002, the 1992 Fund Administrative Council, the Supplementary Fund Assembly and the 1971 Fund Administrative Council decided to set up a committee of five States to establish whether the continuance of observer status for each international non-governmental organisation would be of mutual benefit and to report its findings to the governing bodies.

The Supplementary Fund Assembly noted that the 1992 Fund Administrative Council had endorsed the group’s recommendations and decided that the observer status of the following organisations should be continued:

Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)
Comité Maritime International (CMI)
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) (not 1971 Fund)
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) (not 1971 Fund)
International Association of Classification Societies Ltd (IACS) (not 1971 Fund)
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO)
International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL)
International Group of P&I Clubs International Salvage Union (ISU)
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd (ITOPF)
International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) (not 1971 Fund)
Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
World LP Gas Association (WLPGA)

The Supplementary Fund Assembly further noted that 1992 Fund Administrative Council had also decided that the observer status of the following organisations should be withdrawn:

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
Federation of European Tank Storage Associations (FETSA)
Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)

The Supplemetary Fund Assembly decided that it did not wish to deviate from those decisions in respect of any organisation.