HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/10

APPLICATION BY THE BALTIC SEA STATES OF GUIDELINES FOR HOLDING
TANKS/OILY WATER SEPARATING OR FILTERING EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPS
OF LESS THAN 400 TONS GROSS TONNAGE*

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* Applicable to all ships referred to in Regulation 16(3)(b) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78

Adopted 26 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Regulation 4 of Annex IV of the 1974 Helsinki Convention concerning the application of Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) for ships trading in the Baltic Sea Area,

RECALLING ALSO Paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b) and (4)(b) of Regulation 10 of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 concerning methods for the prevention of oil pollution from machinery spaces of ships of less than 400 gross tonnage,