LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Annex III

After the general title of Annex III the words "Part I; Prevention of Pollution from Industry and Municipalities" are inserted and after Part I new “Part II; Prevention of Pollution from Agriculture” is inserted in accordance with HELCOM Recommendation 21/1, which supersedes HELCOM Recommendation 19/6. These amendments entered into force on 31 December 2000.

 

Annex IV; Regulations 4, 6-8

In accordance with HELCOM Recommendation 21/2: Regulation 4 is amended and new “Regulation 6; Discharge of sewage by other ships”, “Regulation 7; Mandatory discharge of all wastes to a port reception facility” and “ Regulation 8; Incineration of ship-generated wastes on board ships” are inserted. These amendments entered into force on 31 December 2000.

 

Annex IV; Regulations 4 and 9-12

In accordance with HELCOM Recommendation 22E/5: Regulation 4 is replaced and new “Regulation 9: Improved hydrographic services and promotion of the use of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC)”, “Regulation 10: Use of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS)”, “Regulation 11: Port State control”, “Regulation 12: Promotion of a safety and environmental culture through the establishment of a common procedure for the investigations into marine casualties” and “Regulation 13: Places of refuge” are inserted. These amendments entered into force on 1 December 2002.

 

Annex IV; Regulations 4-13

In accordance with HELCOM Recommendation 24/8: Regulation 4 is amended, Regulation 5 is deleted, and consequently the remaining Regulations 6-13 are renumbered as 5-12; the renumbered Regulation 5 (former 6) is replaced.
These amendments entered into force on 1 July 2004.

 

Annex III; Part II

In accordance with HELCOM Recommendation 28E/4 in “Part II, Prevention of Pollution from Agriculture” both “Regulation 2, Plant nutrients” and “Regulation 4, Environmental permits” are amended; Regulation 5 is amended and renamed to “Monitoring and evaluation”. These amendments entered into force on 15 November 2008.