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MARPOL - Current Texts

Table of MARPOL Amendments, including date of entry into force [ PDF: 29Kb]

(a) Annex I - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil

Text of Annex I of MARPOL - as at 1 January 2007 - Resolution MEPC.117(52) [ PDF: 525Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Revised annex I of MARPOL)
Amendments to Annex I - entry into force 1 August 2007 - Resolution MEPC.141(54) [ PDF: 262Kb]: Amendments to the Annex of the protocol of 1978 relating to the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships, 1973 (Amendments to regulation 1, addition to regulation 12A, consequential amendments to the IOPP Certificate and amendments to regulation 21 of the revised
Annex I of MARPOL)
Amendments to Annex I - entry into force 1 December 2008 - Resolution MEPC.164(56)[ PDF: 116Kb]: Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Reception facilities outside Special Areas)

Information Only - Cross-reference tables between "old" and "new" regulations of MARPOL Annex I - MEPC/Circ.421 [ PDF: 159Kb]: Cross-reference tables between "old" and "new" regulations of MARPOL annex I

Information Only - Validity of the IOPP Certificate and Supplements issued under the current MARPOL Annex 1 after 1 January 2007 - MEPC.1/Circ.513 [ PDF: 100Kb]: Validity of the IOPP Certificate and Supplements issued under the current MARPOL Annex I after 1 January 2007

Text of Annex II of MARPOL - as at 1 January 2007 - Resolution MEPC.118(52) [ PDF: 493Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Revised annex II of MARPOL)
International Bulk Chemical (IBC) Code given effect by Annex II Regulation 11 - tankers constructed on or after 1 July 1986 - Resolution MEPC.119(52) [ PDF: 990Kb]: BLG.1/Circ.19 [ PDF: 150Kb] Products which have been classified or re-classified since the adoption of the amended IBC Code in 2004
BLG.1 Circ.19/Corr.1 [ PDF: 97Kb] Products which have been classified or re-classified since the adoption of the amended IBC Code in 2004

Bulk Chemical (BCH) Code given effect by Annex II Regulation 11 - tankers constructed before 1 July 1986 - Resolution MEPC.144(54) [ PDF: 190Kb]: Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code)
Information only - Entry into force of the revised Annex II to MARPOL and the amended IBC Code - Circular Letter No.2730 [ PDF: 493Kb]: Entry into force of the revised Annex II to MARPOL and the amended IBC Code

Text of Annex III of MARPOL - as at 28 February 1994 - Resolution MEPC.58(33) [ PDF: 99Kb]
Amendments to Annex III - entry into force 1 January 2002 - Resolution MEPC.84(44) [ PDF: 222Kb]
Text of revised Annex III of MARPOL - entry into force 1 January 2010 - Resolution MEPC.156(55) [ PDF: 176Kb]: Amendments to MARPOL Annex III

Text of Annex IV of MARPOL - as at 1 August 2005 - MEPC.115(51) [ PDF: 151Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Revised Annex IV of MARPOL)
Amendments to Annex IV - entry into force 1 August 2007 - MEPC.143(54) [ PDF: 154Kb]: Amendments to the Annex of the protocol of 1978 relating to the international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships, 1973 (Addition of regulation 13 to Annex IV of MARPOL)
Amendments to Annex IV - entry into force 1 December 2008 - Resolution MEPC.164(56)[ PDF: 116Kb]: Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (discharge of sewage)

Text of Annex V of MARPOL - as at 31 December 1988
Amendments to Annex V of MARPOL - entry into force 1 January 1997 -MEPC.65(37) [ PDF: 321Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Amendments to regulation 2 and new regulation 9 of annex V)
Amendments to Annex V of MARPOL - entry into force 1 March 2002 - MEPC.89(45) [ PDF: 16Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Amendments to Annex V of MARPOL)
Amendments to Annex V of MARPOL - entry into force 1 August 2005 - MEPC.116(51) [ PDF: 84Kb]: Amendments to the annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Amendments to the Appendix to Annex V of MARPOL)

Text of Annex VI [ PDF]: Text of the Protocol of 1997 and Annex VI to the International Convention for the prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL)

NOx Technical Code [ PDF: 10Kb]
Amendments to Annex VI and the NOx Technical Code [ PDF: 165Kb]
Unified interpretations of Annex VI - Annex 13 of IMO document MEPC 53/24 [ PDF: 201Kb] and Annex 8 of MEPC 55/23 [ PDF: 405Kb].

Text of Protocol I of MARPOL - as at 2 October 1983 (Navigate to Protocol I only).
Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL - entry into force 1 January 1998 - MEPC.68(38): Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (Amendments to Protocol I)