Decisión nº: 002420

In October 1993 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 March 1992 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) by Resolutions MEPC.51(32) and MEPC.52(32), in the list of instruments contained in Article 5.3 (a) of the Convention, with effect from 10 April 1994. The Assembly decided not to include the amendments to MARPOL 73/78 adopted in October 1992 by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of IMO (Resolutions MEPC.57(33) and MEPC.58(33) in the list of instruments contained in Article 5.3 (a) of the Fund Convention, because they were not considered relevant for the purpose of Article 5 of the Convention. As regards the December 1992 amendments to SOLAS 74 adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO (Resolution MSC.27(61), the Assembly considered that they 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 Fund Convention.