HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 7/6
adopted 13 February 1986, having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b) of the Helsinki Convention
RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATION 5 OF ANNEX IV TO THE HELSINKI CONVENTION, SUPPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS 6/8, 6/9 AND 6/10
THE COMMISSION,
RECALLING HELCOM Recommendation 6/8 concerning the Implementation of Regulation 5 of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention and particularly the provisions contained therein whereby the Commission recommended that the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention should, when applying the provisions of the Annex to that Recommendation, take into consideration the outcome of the twentyfirst session of IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC),
RECALLING ALSO the Recommendation of the Commission adopted at its sixth session, as reflected in the report on that session, paragraph 5.11, to the effect that Appendices II and III to Annex II to MARPOL 73/78, as revised by MEPC 21, should be applied by the Contracting Parties in lieu of Appendices III and IV of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention in the interim period between the entry into force of Regulation 5 of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention and the entry into force of amendments to Regulation 5 of Annex IV on the basis of accepted amendments to Annex II to MARPOL 73/78,
RECALLING FURTHER HELCOM Recommendation 6/9 concerning Amendments to Regulation 5 of Annex IV and Appendix V of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention whereby the Commission, inter alia, resolved that the draft form of the Cargo Record Book approved by MEPC at its twenty-first session should be used by chemical tankers flying the flags of the Baltic Sea Countries for the purpose of Regulation 5 of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention,
RECALLING FURTHERMORE HELCOM Recommendation 6/10 concerning the Application by the Baltic Sea States of IMO Resolution A.544 (13) on Standards for Procedures and Arrangements called for by Annex II to MARPOL 73/78 whereby the Commission recommended, inter alia, that Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention as from January 1986 should apply the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements called for by Annex II to MARPOL 73/78, as contained in the Annex to IMO Resolution A.544 (13), and revised by MEPC 21,
NOTING that MEPC at its twenty-second session adopted and thereby agreed on changes to previous editions of
a) the text of Annex II to MARPOL 73/78 on which the Annex to HELCOM Recommendation 6/8 is based,
b) the text of Appendices II and III to Annex II to MARPOL 73/78 which Appendices have the same functions as Appendices III and IV to Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention,
c) the text of the form of the Cargo Record Book,
d) the text of the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements for the Discharge of Noxious Liquid Substances,
RECOMMENDS that the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention should, until the entry into force of amendments to Regulation 5 of Annex IV on the basis of accepted amendments to Annex II to MARPOL 73/78,
a) when applying the provisions of the Annex to HELCOM Recommendation 6/8, take into consideration the outcome of the twenty-second session of MEPC in respect of amendments to Regulations 2,5,8 and 14 of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78 (Resolution MEPC 16 (22)),
b) apply the provisions of Appendices II and III to Annex II of MARPOL 73/78, as amended at the twentysecond session of MEPC (Resolution MEPC 16 (22)), in lieu of the provisions of Appendices III and IV to Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention,
c) accept, as having the same validity as the Cargo Record Books referred to in HELCOM Recommendation 6/9, Cargo Record Books made out in accordance with the decision of MEPC at its twenty-second session (Resolution MEPC 16 (22)),
d) apply, for the purpose of Regulation 5 of Annex IV to the Helsinki Convention, the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements for the Discharge of Noxious Liquid Substances, as adopted by MEPC at its twenty-second session (Resolution MEPC 18 (22)).