3.1.The in-use or onboard sample, as appropriate, shall be used to verify the sulphur content of the fuel oil as represented by that sample of fuel oil at the point of sampling. 3.2.A Party, through its competent authority, shall manage the verification procedure. 3.3.A laboratory...

4.1.The in-use or onboard sample shall be conveyed by the competent authority to the laboratory. 4.2.The laboratory shall: record the details of the seal number and the sample label on the test record; record the condition of the seal of the sample as received on...

De Partijen bij het Verdrag, Zich bewust van de noodzaak tot behoud van het milieu in het algemeen en van het mariene milieu in het bijzonder, Erkennend dat het opzettelijk, onachtzaam, dan wel bij ongeluk, lozen van olie en andere schadelijke stoffen door schepen een...

The Parties to the Convention,Noting the great importance attached in several conventions to the rendering of assistance to persons in distress at sea and to the establishment by every coastal State of adequate and effective arrangements for coast watching and for search and rescue services,Having...

(1)The Convention may be amended by either of the procedures specified in paragraphs (2) and (3) hereinafter.(2)Amendment after consideration within the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (hereinafter referred to as the “Organization”):(a)Any amendment proposed by a Party and transmitted to the Secretary-General of the Organization (hereinafter...

(1)The Convention shall remain open for signature at the Headquarters of the Organization from 1 November 1979 until 31 October 1980 and shall thereafter remain open for accession. States may become Parties to the Convention by:(a)signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or(b)signature...

DONE at Hamburg this twenty-seventh day of April one thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine.IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments for that purpose, have signed the Convention.