BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

The 1990 alredmnts
Adoption: March 1990
EIltryintoforce:
One of IMO's major acnievements i? recent years has keen t!!e development
of a new harmnized system of smeys ami certification. The new system
will align the survey and certification rquiranents of MAEGOL 73/78 with
those in the International Convention on Lmd Lines, *I966 an2 the
International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (ScXAS).
Atpresentthese requirements are notharmnized, withthertit
that the ship could have to go for a mrdatory survey under a convention a
few months after beirq survey4 1~ connection with another. By making the
intervals between surveys the same, as far as possible, mny nrardatory
surveys can be cxried out at the same the.
Not only wil1 this ke kneficial for the shilxxJner, ho will save
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tine and money, but it will also aid Gov errment authorities tie are
reqmnsible for ca.rrJ%?g out t!!e surveys.
Although tacit acceptance can be used to amend M74RFDL this is not
possible as far as SXAS and t!\e Load Lines Conventiors are concerned. In
bxh cases the chanqes have been in's&uc& by means of protocols which
will enter into force 12 imnths aft= being accepted by 15 States whose
ccF~inedITErchant 6'
,ze= cmstitme at least 50% of world qross tonnage.
The KWULa~~~tsare expzcted to enter ix0 force under tacit
acceptance six months after t!!e protocols.
Other a.mmdmnx will iztrabxe thehamonized systemintotheE
a_-Li BCH codes. They will enKer ix0 force on the same date as the MAWOL
mts.
?f?e 1992 amendmnts
Moption: Mar& 1992
E?I~ into force: 6 July l993 (under tacit acceptance)
These amfznkmts areqenerallyreqrded as themostizportantcharyesto
be mde to the Convexion since the adoption of the 1978 protocol.
Inthepast M?BSOL, the 1978 Protomlandthemny
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