International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

Publication of IMO Conventions

-This is an AI generated translation of the text in Icelandic. If there is any difference between the Icelandic and the English text, the Icelandic version is valid.

This web page contains a list of International Conventions, other multilateral instruments adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and to which Iceland is a party, amendments to their provisions, as well as the date of entry into force of the amendments.

According to Article 9 a of Act No. 219/2012, as amended, on the Icelandic Transport Authority (ICETRA), the provisions of the International Conventions shall bind those concerned as of the date following their publication on the ICETRA website. Article 9 a provides:
“Publication of international Rules on maritime issues Annexes and Codes related to international maritime Conventions to which Iceland is a party shall be published on the website of the Icelandic Transport Authority, provided that the Articles of the relevant international Conventions have been published in the C-section of the Government Gazette. The Icelandic Transport Authority shall also publish on the website Circulars, Circular Letters and Guidelines issued by the International Maritime Organization or which are issued by other international organizations for further clarifications of the implementation of the relevant international Conventions. The original language texts of the Annexes, Codes, Circulars and Guidelines may be published.

Upon publication pursuant to paragraph 1, the date of issue shall be specified. Provisions contained in Annexes, Codes, Circulars and Guidelines shall not be applied until they have been published on the website of the Icelandic Transport Authority, unless they contain provisions of the Comprehensive Civil Code, and the parties have agreed that their exchange will be in accordance with unpublished instructions. The rules shall bind all as of the day following their publication on the website of the Icelandic Transport Authority, if they do not contain any other decision on their entry into force.

Those who wish should be given the opportunity to receive a notification from the Icelandic Transport Authority when new Annexes, Codes, Circulars and Guidelines are published or amended. The Minister may set additional rules on this subject in a Regulation.“

Date of publication on the ICETRA website 1 June 2022

Conventions

(SOLAS 1974) Gildistökudagur/ Entry into force: 25 May 1980

Consolidated Edition 2018

Consolidated Edition 2020

Amendments	Entry into force
1981 amendments (MSC.1(XLV)) chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV, V[1] and VI (subdivision, machinery and electrical installations, fire protection, radiocommunications, navigation, carriage of grain)	1 September 1984
1983 amendments (MSC.6(48)) chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV and VII (subdivision, electrical installation, fire protection, life-saving appliances, radiocommunications, carriage of dangerous goods, IBC and IGC Codes)	1 July 1986
1988 amendments (MSC.11(55)) chapter II-1 (ro-ro passenger ship door indicators and television surveillance)	22 October 1989
1988 amendments (MSC.12(56)) chapter II-1 (passenger ship damage stability)	29 April 1990
1988 amendments (Conference resolutions 1and 2)	1 February 1992
1989 amendments (MSC.13(57)) chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV, V and VII (subdivision, fire protection, radiocommunications, navigation)	1 February 1992
1990 amendments (MSC.19(58)) chapter II-1 (cargo ship subdivision and damage stability)	1 February 1992
1991 amendments (MSC.22(59)) chapters II-2, III, IV, V, VI and VII (fire protection, life-saving appliances, navigation, carriage of cargoes, (Grain Code), carriage of dangerous goods)	1 January 1994
1992 amendments (MSC.24(60)) chapters II-2 (existing passenger ship fire protection)	1 October 1994
1992 amendments (MSC.26(60)) chapters II-1 (existing ro-ro passenger ship damage stability)	1 October 1994
1992 amendments (MSC.27(61)) chapters II-1, II-2, III and IV (fire protection, life-saving appliances, radiocommunications)	1 October 1994
1994 amendments (MSC.31(63)) Annex 1: chapter V (ship reporting systems, emergency towing arrangements on tankers)	1 January 1996
Annex 2: chapter II-2 and V (protection of fuel lines, navigation bridge visibility)	1 July 1998
1994 amendments (Conference resolution 1)
Annex 1: chapters X and XI (safety measures for high-speed craft (1994 HSC Code), special measures to enhance maritime safety (A.744(18)))	1 January 1996
Annex 2: chapter IX (management for the safe operation of ships (ISM Code))	1 July 1998
1994 amendments (MSC.42(64)) chapters VI and VII (cargo information, loading, stowage and securing, Sub-chapter 1.9 of CSS Code)	1 July 1996
1995 amendments (MSC.46(65)) chapter V (ships' routeing)	1 January 1997
1995 amendments (Conference resolution 1) chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV, V and VI (ro-ro passenger ship safety)	1 July 1997
1996 amendments (MSC.47(66)) chapters II-1, III, VI and XI (construction, subdivision and stability, life-saving appliances (LSA Code), carriage of cargoes, Guidelines for the authorization of recognized organizations (A.739(18)) and Specifications on the survey and certification functions of recognized organizations acting on behalf of the Administration (A.789(19)))	1 July 1998
1996 amendments (MSC.57(67)) chapters II-1, II-2 and V (construction; machinery and electrical installations; fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction (FTP Code); carriage of dangerous goods)	1 July 1998
1997 amendments (MSC.65(68)) chapters II-1 and V (passenger ship subdivision and stability; vessel traffic services)	1 July 1999
1997 amendments (Conference resolution 1) chapter XII (bulk carrier safety, Standards for the evaluation of scantlings of the transverse watertight vertically corrugated bulkhead between the two foremost cargo holds and for the evaluation of allowable hold loading of the foremost cargo hold (resolution 4))	1 July 1999
1998 amendments (MSC.69(69)) chapters II-1, IV, VI and VII (construction; radiocommunications; carriage of cargoes; carriage of dangerous goods)	1 July 2002
1999 amendments (MSC.87(71)) chapter VII (carriage of dangerous goods (INF Code))	1 January 2001
2000 amendments (MSC.91(72)) chapter III and appendix (life-saving appliances and arrangements)	1 January 2002
2000 amendments (MSC.99(73)) chapters II-1, II-2, V, IX and X and appendix (emergency towing arrangements, material containing asbestos, safety management, safety for high-speed craft (2000 HSC Code), fire safety( FSS Code))	1 July 2002
2001 amendments (MSC.117(74)) chapter VII	1 January 2003
2002 amendments (MSC.123(75)) chapters IV, V, VI and VII and appendix (carriage of cargoes (IMDG Code), carriage of dangerous goods)	1 January 2004
2002 amendments (Conference resolution 1) chapters V and XI (XI-1 and XI-2) (security of ships and port facilities (ISPS Code))	1 July 2004
2002 amendments (MSC.134(76)) chapters II-1, II-2, III and XII (Technical provisions for means of access for inspection (MSC.133(76)), fire protection, life-saving appliances and arrangements, bulk carrier safety)	1 July 2004
2003 amendments (MSC.142(77)) chapter V	1 July 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.151(78)) chapter II-1	1 January 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.152(78)) chapters III and IV and appendix	1 July 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.153(78)) chapter V	1 July 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.170(79)) chapters II-1, III, V, VII and XII and appendix(Standards and criteria for side structures of bulk carriers of single-skin construction (MSC.168(79)) and Standards for owners' inspection and maintenanceof bulk carrier hatch covers (MSC.169(79)))	1 July 2006
2005 amendments (MSC.194(80))
Annex 1: chapter II-1	1 January 2007
Annex 2: chapters II-1, II-2, VI, IX, XI-1 and XI-2 and appendix	1 January 2009
2006 amendments (MSC.201(81)) chapters II-2, III, IV and V	1 July 2010
2006 amendments (MSC.202(81)) chapter V	1 January 2008
2006 amendments (MSC.216(82))
Annex 1: chapters II-1, II-2, III and XII and appendix (Performance standard for protective coatings for dedicated seawater ballast tanks in all types of ships and double-side skin spaces of bulk carriers (MSC.215(82)))	1 July 2008
Annex 2: chapter II-1	1 January 2009
Annex 3: chapters II-1, II-2, and III	1 July 2010
2007 amendments (MSC.239(83)) chapters IV and V and appendix	1 July 2009
2008 amendments (MSC.256(84)) chapters II-1, II-2, III and IV and appendix	1 January 2010
2008 amendments (MSC.257(84) ) chapter XI-1 (Casualty Investigation Code)	1 January 2010
2008 amendments (MSC.269(85)) Annex 1: chapters II-1, II-2 (2008 IS Code)	1 July 2010
Annex 2: chapters II-2, VI and VII (IMSBC Code)	1 January 2011
2009 amendments (MSC.282(86)) chapters II-1, V and VI and appendix	1 January 2011
2010 amendments (MSC.290(87)) chapter II-1 (International Goal-based Ship Construction Standards for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers (MSC.287(87))	1 January 2012
2010 amendments (MSC.291(87)) chapters II-1 and II-2 (Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers (MSC.288(87)) and Performance Standard for Protective Coatings for Alternative Means of Corrosion Protection for Cargo Oil Tanks of Crude Oil Tankers (MSC.289(87)))	1 January 2012
2010 amendments (MSC.308(88)) chapters II-1, II-2 and V and appendix (2010 FTP Code)	1 July 2012
2010 amendments (MSC.308(88)) chapters II-1, II-2 and V and appendix (2010 FTP Code)	1 July 2012
2011 amendments (MSC.317(89)) chapter III	1 January 2013
2011 amendments (MSC.317(89)) chapter III	1 January 2013
2013 amendments (MSC.350(92)) chapters III, V and XI-1 (RO Code (MSC.349(92)))	1 January 2015
2014 amendments (MSC.365(93)) (chapters II-1 and II-2)	1 January 2016
2014 amendments (MSC.366(93)) (addition of a new chapter XIII [2])	1 January 2016
2014 amendments (MSC.380(94)) (Chapters II-2, VI and XI-1 and appendix)	1 July 2016
2014 amendments (MSC.386(94)) (new chapter XIV) to make use of the safety-related provisions of the Polar Code mandatory	1 January 2017
2015 amendments (MSC.392(95)) (Chapters II-1, II-2 and Appendix)	1 January 2017
2016 amendments (MSC.402(96)) Requirements for maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul and repair of lifeboats and rescue boats, launching appliances and release gear	1 January 2020 1)
2016 amendments (MSC.404(96)) (Chapters II-2 and III)	1 January 2020
2016 amendments (MSC.409(97)) (Chapters II-1, II-2 and XI-1) 2017 amendments (MSC.421(98)) (Chapters II-1, II-2 and III and the appendix to the annex) 2018 amendments (MSC.436(99)) (Chapters II-1, IV and appendix) 2019 amendments (MSC.456(101)) 2020 amendments (MSC.474(102)) 2021 amendments (MSC.482(103)) 2022 amendments (MSC.496(105))	1 January 2020 1 January 2020 1 January 2020 1 January 2024* 1 January 2024 1 January 2024 1 January 2024

1) Upon entry into force of the amendments to SOLAS 1974, adopted by resolution MSC.404(96

International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code)

(MSC.4(48)) / MSC.176(79)

Effective as from: 1 July 1986

Amendments	Entry into force
1987 amendments (MSC.10(54)) (lists of chemicals)	30 October 1988
1989 amendments (MSC.14(57)) (lists of chemicals)	13 October 1990
1990 amendments (MSC.16(58))(harmonized system of survey and certification)	3 February 2000
1992 amendments (MSC.28(61)) (list of chemicals, cargo tank venting and Gas-freeing arrangements and other amendments)	1 July 1994
1996 amendments (MSC.50(66)) (lists of chemicals)	1 July 1998
1996 amendments (MSC.58(67)) (vague expressions)	1 July 1998
2000 (chapters 5, 8, 14, 15 and 16) amendments (MSC.102(73))	1 July 2002
2004 amendments (MSC.176(79))	1 January 2007
2006 amendments (MSC.219(82))	1 January 2009
2012 amendments (MSC.340(91)	1 June 2014
2014 amendments (MSC.369(93))	1 January 2016
2018 amendments (MSC.440(99)) (Model form of International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk)	1 January 2020
2019 amendments (MSC.460(101))	1 January 2021
2022 amendments (Res.MEPC.345(78))	1 July 2024

International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) (MSC.5(48)) /

Effective as from: 1 July 1986

Amendments	Entry into force
1990 amendments (MSC.17(58)) (harmonized system of survey and certification)	3 February 2000
1992 amendments (MSC.30(61)) (cargo containment, fire protection, use of cargos fuel, special requirements and summary of minimum requirements	1 July 1994
1994 amendments (MSC.32(63)) (filling limits for cargo tanks)	1 July 1998
1996 amendments (MSC.59(67)) (reference to recognized standards, miscellaneous)	1 July 1998
2000 (chapters 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 18) amendments (MSC.103(73))	1 July 2002
2004 (chapters 3 and 10) amendments (MSC.177(79))	1 July 2006
2006 amendments (MSC.220(82))	1 Jan 2009
2014 amendments (MSC.370(93))	1 Jan 2016
2016 amendments (MSC.411(97))	1 Jan 2020
2018 amendments (MSC.441(99)) 2020 amendments (MSC.476(102))	1 Jan 2020

International Code for the Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk (Grain Code (MSC.23(59)) Effective as from: 1 January 1994

International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (1994 HSC Code) (MSC.36(63))

Effective as from: 1 January 1996

Protocol of 1978

Entry into force: 1 May 1981

Amendments	Entry into force
1981 amendments (MSC.2(XLV)) chapter II-1(steering gear)	1 September 1984
1988 amendments (GMDSS) (Conference resolution) chapter I and appendix	1 February 1992
2012 amendments (appendix) (MSC.343(91))	1 July 2014
2015 amendments (MSC.394(95))	1 January 2017

Protocol of 1988

Entry into force: 3 February 2000

Amendments	Entry into force
2000 amendments (MSC.92(72))	1 January 2002
2000 amendments (to the Annex) (MSC.100(73))	1 July 2002
2002 amendments (MSC.124(75))	1 January 2004
2004 amendments (MSC.154(78))	1 July 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.171(79))	1 July 2006
2006 amendments (to the Annex) (MSC.204(81))*)
2006 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex) (MSC.227(82))	1 July 2008
2007 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex)(MSC.240(83))	1 July 2009
2008 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex)(MSC.258(84))	1 January 2010
2009 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex) (MSC.283(86))	1 January 2011
2010 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex)(MSC.309(88))	1 July 2012
2012 amendments (to the appendix to the Annex) (MSC.344(91))	1 July 2014
2015 amendments (MSC.395(95))	1 January 2017

Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at sea, 1972 - Consolidated edition, 2018.

Entry into force: 15 July 1977

*) These Rules apply to all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels and contain provisions concerning steering and sailing rules, lights and shapes, and sound and light signals.

Amendments	Entry into force
1981 amendments (general) (A.464(XII))	1 June 1983
1987 amendments (general) (A.626(15))	19 November 1989
1989 amendments (general) (A.678(16))	19 April 1991
1993 amendments (general) (A.736(18))	4 November 1995
2001 amendments (general) (A.910(22))	29 November 2003
2007 amendments (general) (A.1004(25))	1 December 2009
2013 amendments (Part F) (A.1085(28))	1 January 2016
(IMO Instruments Implementation III Code) See Supplement	January 2016

MARPOL

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL)

Sjá auglýsingu á vef Stjórnartíðinda um innleiðingu og birtingu á viðaukum við MARPOL, með breytingum skv. bókun 1978 við MARPOL-samninginn.
See advertisement on the Government Gazette web site on the implementation and promulgation of MARPOL Annexes, as amended, modified by the Protocol of 1978 thereto (MARPOL)

Entry into force: 5 March 1967

(a)	Amendment to the Convention: 1973 amendment (amendment procedure)	2 June 1984
(b)	Amendments to the Annex:
	1969 amendments (cruise ships)	12 August 1971
	1977 amendments (sick/injured/transit persons, scientific services/relief work)	31 July 1978
	1986 amendments (ADP/EDI)	1 October 1986
	1987 amendments (FAL.1(17)) (upgrading of recommendations)	1 January 1989

Amendments	Entry into force
1990 amendments (FAL.2(19)) (drugs trafficking)	1 September 1991
1992 amendments (FAL.3(21)) (restructuring of Annex, EDP/EDI, specialized equipment)	1 September 1993
1993 amendments (FAL.4(22)) 1994 (general)	1 September
1996 amendments (FAL.5(24)) (general/pre-import information/pre-arrival clearance)	1 May 1997
1999 amendments (FAL.6(27)) (definitions and general provisions/arrival, stay, departure of ship/persons/clearance of cargo, passengers, crew and baggage/arrival, stay and departure of cargo/clearance of cargo)	1 January 2001
2002 amendments (FAL.7(29)) (definitions and general provisions/arrival, stay, departure of ship/stowaways)	1 May 2003
2005 amendments (FAL.8(32)) (definitions and general provisions/arrival, stay, departure of ship/arrival, stay, departure of cargo)	1 November 2006
2009 amendments (FAL.10(35)) (arrival, stay and departure of the ship; arrival and departure of persons)	15 May 2010
2016 amendments (FAL.12(40)) (definitions and general provisions/arrival, stay and departure of the ship)	1 January 2018

Entry into force: 1971 amendments (general) (A.231(VII))	21 July 1968 not yet in force
	1975 amendment (article 29) (A.319(IX))	not yet in force
	1979 amendment (seasonal area) (A.411(XI))	not yet in force
	1983 amendments (seasonal area) (A.513(13))	not yet in force
	1995 amendment (seasonal area) (A.784(19))	not yet in force
	2005 amendments (Annex III – certificates) (A.972(24))	3 February 2010

Amendments	Entry into force
2013 amendments (A. 1082(28)) (Annex II – Southern Winter Seasonal Zone)	28 February 2018
2013 amendments (A. 1083(28))	28 February 2018

(Annexes I and IV - IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code)

CONSOLIDATED EDITION 2018 PROTOCOL OF 1988 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LOAD LINES, 1966

Entry into force: 3 February 2000

Amendments	Entry into force
2003 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.143(77))	1 January 2005
2004 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.172(79))	1 July 2006
2006 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.223(82))	1 July 2008
2008 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.270(85))	1 July 2010
2012 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.329(90))	1 January 2014
2012 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.345(91))	1 July 2014
2013 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.356(92))	1 January 2015
2014 (Annex B) amendments (MSC.375(93))	1 January 2016

Entry into force: 18 July 1982

Amendments	Entry into force
2013 amendments ( ) (Annexes I and III - IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code)	28 February 2017*
For the calculation of the date of entry into force under unanimous acceptance please refer to circular TM. 7/Circ. 1. Should the amendments enter into force under unanimous approval, the explicit approval becomes invalid.

Entry into force: 30 March 1983

Amendments	Entry into force
1991 amendments (list of substances) (MEPC.49(31))	24 July 1992
1996 amendments (list of substances) (MEPC.72(38))	19 December 1997
2002 amendments (lists of substances) (MEPC.100(48))	22 June 2004
2007 amendments (lists of substances) (MEPC.165(56))	23 November 2009

Amendments	Entry into force
2000 amendments (LEG.1(82)) (amendments of the limitation amounts)	1 November 2003

Amendments	Entry into force
2000 amendments (LEG.2(82)) (amendments of limits of compensation)	1 November 2003

Entry into force: 6 September 1977

(a)	Amendments to the Convention and Annexes: 1993 amendments: (A.737(18) ) (S.I. units)	not yet in force
b)	Amendments to the Annexes:
	1981 amendments (transitional arrangements for plating)	1 December 1981
	1983 amendments (MSC.3(48)) (re-examination intervals)	1 January 1984
	1991 amendments (MSC.20(59)) (modified containers/tank containers)	1 January 1993
	2010 amendments (MSC.310(88)) (regulations for the testing, inspection, approval and maintenance of containers)	1 January 2012

Entry into force: 16 July 1979

Amendments	Entry into force
1985 amendments (aeronautical-satellite communications)	13 October 1989
1989 amendments (land mobile-satellite communications)	26 June 1997
1994 amendments (superseded by the 1998 amendments) (change of title, Council composition)	not yet in force
1998 amendments (restructuring of the Organization)	31 July 2001
2006 amendments (oversight of all GMDSS providers and LRIT Coordinator)	superseded 10)
2008 amendments (these amendments extend IMSO's oversight to all GMDSS providers recognized by IMO and enhance IMSO's role as LRIT Coordinator)	not yet in force 11)

The Operating Agreement is no longer in force, following the entry into force of the 1998 amendments to the Convention on 31 July 2001.

Entry into force: 16 July 1979

1985 amendments 13 October 1989 (aeronautical-satellite communications)

10) Following the adoption by IMSO, at its twentieth session, of the 2008 amendments to the IMSO Convention, on 6 October 2008, the IMSO Assembly decided to terminate, with effect from the same date, the decision to adopt the 2006 amendments, taken at its eighteenth session, as well as the decision, taken at its nineteenth (extraordinary) session, to apply them provisionally, with effect from 7 March 2007. 11) The IMSO Assembly decided that these amendments should be applied provisionally with effect from 6 October 2008.

Amendments	Entry into force
2012 amendments (to the limitation amounts set out in article 3 of the Protocol)(LEG.5(99)	8 June 2015

Not yet in force 12)

12) The Torremolinos Protocol is effectively replaced and superseded by the 2012 Cape Town Agreement which updates and amends a number of provisions of the Protocol to facilitate their entry into force. States should therefore not ratify or otherwise express their consent to be bound by the Protocol and should instead become Parties to the Agreement; States which have already expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol should take appropriate steps to signify their consent to be bound by the Agreement using one of the options available under Article 3 of the Agreement.

Entry into force: 28 April 1984

Amendments	Entry into force
1991 amendments (GMDSS and trials) (MSC.21(59))	1 December 1992
1994 amendments (MSC.33(63)) (special training requirements for personnel on tankers)	1 January 1996
STCW 1995 amendments (Conference resolution 1 ) (revised Annex to Convention (STCW Code))	1 February 1997
1997 amendments (MSC.66(68)) (training and qualification requirements for personnel on passenger ships)	1 January 1999
2006 amendments (MSC.203(81))	1 January 2008

Part A – (Mandatory standards) effective as from: 1 February 1997

Amendments	Entry into force
1997 amendments (MSC.67(68)) (training and qualification requirements for personnel on passenger ships)	1 January 1999
1998 amendments (MSC.78(70)) (cargo handling and stowage at the operational andmanagement level)	1 January 2003
2004 amendments (MSC.156(78))	1 July 2006
2004 amendments (MSC.180(79))	1 July 2006
2006 amendments (MSC.209(81))	1 January 2008
2014 amendments (MSC.374(93))	1 January 2016
2015 amendments (MSC.397(95))	1 January 2017
2016 amendments (MSC.417(97))	1 July 2018
2018 amendments (MSC.455(100)) 2020 amendments (MSC.478(102)) 2021 amendments (MSC.487(103))	1 January 2019 1 January 2021 1 January 2023

Amendments	Entry into force
1998 amendments (MSC.70(69))(revised Annex)	1 January 2000
2004 amendments (MSC.155(78))	1 July 2006

Not yet in force*

*in order to eliminate certain obstacles to the ratification of the 1996 HNS Convention, a number of provisions of the Convention have been amended by the 2010 HNS Protocol. The Convention, as amended by its Protocol, will, once the Protocol enters into force, constitute the 2010 HNS Convention. In order to avoid a situation in which two conflicting regimes would become operational, States deciding to become Parties to the 2010 HNS Protocol must ensure that they deposit instruments only in respect of the Protocol, without any reference to the 1996 HNS Convention (see resolution 3 of the International Conference of 2010 on the Revision of the HNS Convention).

Entry into force: 30 August 1975

(a) Amendments to the Convention:

Amendments	Entry into force
1978 amendments: (LDC.6(III))	not yet in force

(concerning procedures for the settlement of disputes)

(b)	Amendments to the Annexes: 1978 amendments (LDC.5(III)) (concerning the control of incineration of wastes and other matter at sea)	11 March 1979
	1980 amendments (LDC.12(V)) (concerning the prohibition of dumping at sea of crude oil and oily substances and mixtures)	11 March 1981
	1989 amendments (LDC.37(12)) (concerning characteristics and composition of matter to be dumped at sea)	19 May 1990
	1993 amendments (LC.49(16)) (concerning phasing out sea disposal of industrial waste)	20 February 1994
	1993 amendments (LC.50(16)) (concerning incineration at sea)	20 February 1994
	1993 amendments (LC.51(16)) (concerning disposal at sea of radioactive wastes and other radioactive matter)	20 February 1994

Entry into force: 24 March 2006

Amendments	Entry into force:
2006 amendments (LP1.(1)) (concerning sequestration of carbon dioxide streams from carbon dioxide capture processes in sub-seabed geological formations)	10 February 2007
2009 amendments to Article 6: (LP.3(4)) enabling - exclusively - the export of carbon dioxide streams for the purpose of sequestration in transboundary sub-seabed geological formations)
2013 amendments (LP.4(8)) (concerning the regulation of the placement of matter for ocean fertilization and other marine geoengineering activities)

Entry into force: 17 September 2008

Amandment	Entry into force:
2021 amendment MEPC.331(76)	1 January 2023

Entry into force: 8 September 2017

Amendments	Entry into force:
2018 amendments (regulations A-1 and D-3 ─ Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code)) (regulations A-1 and D-3 ─ Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code))	13 October 2019
2018 amendments (regulation B-3 ─ Implementation schedule of ballast water management for ships (regulation B-3 ─ Implementation schedule of ballast water management for ships	13 October 2019
2018 amendments (regulations E-1 and E-5 ─ Endorsements of additional surveys on the International Ballast Water Management Certificate)	13 October 2019

Code for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS Code)

Effective as from: 13 October 2019 -14)

Service provider

The Icelandic Transport Authority

International Maritime Organisation (IMO)

Publication of IMO Conventions

Conventions

1. a International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

1. b Codes and other instruments made mandatory under SOLAS:

2. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS PROT 1978)

3. Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS PROT 1988)

4. Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, (COLREG 1972) *)

7. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965 (FAL 1965)

8. International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (LL 1966)

9. Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (LL PROT 1988)

10. International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (TONNAGE 1969)

11. International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 (INTERVENTION 1969)

12. Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 (INTERVENTION PROT 1973)

13. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC 1969)

14. Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1976)

15. Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1992)

16. Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 (STP 1971)

17. Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973 (SPACE STP 1973)

18. Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material, 1971 (NUCLEAR 1971)

19. International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND 1971)

20. Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation9) for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 1976)

21. Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an Internal Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 1992)

22. Protocol of 2000 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 2000)

23. Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 (FUND PROT 2003)

24. International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972 (CSC 1972)

25. Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL 1974)

26. Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 1976)

27. Protocol of 1990 to amend the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 1990)

28. Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 2002)

29. Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO C 1976)

30. Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) (INMARSAT OA)

31. Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC 1976)

32. Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC PROT 1996)

33. Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (SFV PROT 1993)

34. Cape town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the 1993 Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (Cape Town Agreement 2012)

35. a International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW 1978)

35. b Code adopted by STCW Conference: Seafarers´ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW). Code (Conference resolution 2)

36. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F)

37. International Convention on Maritime Search and Recue, 1979 (SAR 1979)

38. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA 1988)

39. Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA 2005)

40. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT 1988)

41. Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT 2005)

42. International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (SALVAGE 1989)

43. International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Prespnse and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC 1990)

44. 2000 Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (OPRC/HNS PROT 2000)

45. International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS 1996)

46. Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS PROT 2010)

47. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (LDC 1972)

48. 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter, 1972 (LDC PROT 1996)

49. International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Substances on Ships, 2001 (AFS 2001)

50. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (BUNKERS 2001)

51. International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship's Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (BWM 2004)

52. Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 (Nairobi WRC 2007)

53. Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (HONG KONG CONVENTION)