c. Amendments, Concerning Tank Arrangements and Limitation 

 of Tank Size, October 15, 1971. Not In Force* 



Adopted hy the Inter govemraental Maritime Consultative Organiza- 

 tion Assembly October 15, 1971. 



RESOLUTION A.246(VII), ADOPTED ON 15 OCTOBER 1971 



THE ASSEMBLY, 



NOTING Article 16 (i) of the Convention on the Inter-Govern- 

 mental Maritime Consultative Organization concerning the functions 

 of the Assembly, 



BEING CONSCIOUS of the responsibility of the Organization for 

 taking effective measures for the prevention and control of pollution 

 of the marine environment which may arise from maritime activities, 



REALIZING that notwithstanding the adoption by the Organiza- 

 tion of various measures for preventing collisions and strandings of 

 ships, it is not possible to eliminate entirely accidents which may lead 

 to release of oil, but desiring to minimize ensuing damage to the 

 environment, 



RECOGNIZING that construction of oil tankers of large size 

 without accompanying control of size or internal arrangement of 

 cargo tanks leads to the possibility, in the event of a single accident, 

 of serious environmental pollution, 



HAVING EXAMINED the Recommendations relating to tank 

 arrangements and to the limitation of tank size prepared by the 

 Maritime Safety Committee at its twenty-third session, 



CONSIDERING that the universal implementation of such 

 requirements can best be achieved by amending the International 

 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954. 



NOTING that Article XVI of the International Convention for the 

 Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, provides for pro- 

 cedures of amendment involving participation by the Organization, 



ADOPTS the following amendments to the Articles and Annexes 

 to that Convention, the texts of which are attached to this Resolutio^^ - 



(a) the addition of a new Article VI bis, and 



(b) the addition of a new Annex C, 



REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization, in con- 

 formity with -sub-paragraph (2) (a) of Article XVI to communicate 

 for consideration and acceptance, certified copies of this Resolution 

 and its Annexes, to all Contracting Governments to the International 

 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, 

 together with copies to all Members of the Organization, 



INVITES all governments concerned to accept the amendments 

 at the earliest possible date, and 



"Source: 92d Congress, 2d session. Senate. Executive K. 



Ratified hy: Canada, Finland, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Lebanon, Liberia, Norway, Philip- 

 pines, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, as of Dec. 31, 1974. 



Implementing legislation: Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973 ; Public Law 93-119 

 [H.R. 5451], 87 Stat. 424, approved October 4, 1973 [previously cited]. 



(465) 



