HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 13/14

Adopted 4 February 1992 having regard to Article 13, Paragraph c) and Article 24, Paragraph 2 of the Helsinki Convention 

AMENDMENT TO REGULATION 6 OF ANNEX IV OF THE HELSINKI CONVENTION 

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING that Annex III of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), will enter into force on 1 July 1992,

RECALLING ALSO that certain provisions of Annex III of MARPOL 73/78 are included in Regulation 6 of Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention,

RECALLING FURTHER HELCOM Recommendation 8/4 concerning amendments to Regulations 1-5 of Annex IV and Appendices I-IV to Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention and HELCOM Recommendation 10/9 concerning an amendment to Regulation 8 of Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention,

RECOGNIZING that as from 1 July 1986 all Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention are also parties to MARPOL 73/78 and also bound by the provisions of Annex III of MARPOL 73/78 with regard to the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area from pollution from ships,

CONSIDERING that, as a result of the developments in respect of MARPOL 73/78, there is no need to retain in the Helsinki Convention texts which reproduce provisions of Annex III of MARPOL 73/78,

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION the amendment procedure for the Annexes of the Helsinki Convention, as contained in Article 24 of the Convention,

RESOLVES:

a)to adopt the amendment to Regulation 6 of Annex IV of the Convention appearing in the Annex to this Recommendation;

b)to ask the Depository Government to communicate the amendment to the Contracting Parties with the Commission's recommendation for acceptance;

c)to determine that the amendment shall deemed to have been accepted unless prior to 1 May 1992 any of the Contracting Parties has objected to the amendment; and

d)to determine  that the accepted  amendment shall  enter  into force  on 1 July 1992.

Annex

1.Regulation 6 of Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention is amended as follows:

"Regulation 6

Harmful substances in packaged forms

The Contracting Parties, also being parties to MARPOL 73/78, apply in conformity with that agreement the provisions of Annex III of MARPOL 73/78 for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances in packaged forms.  "