E MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE 63rd session Agenda item 13 MEPC 63/13 16 November 2011 Original: ENGLISH STATUS OF CONVENTIONS Note by the Secretariat SUMMARY Executive summary: Strategic direction: High-level action: Planned output: The document shows the current status of IMO conventions and other instruments relating to marine environment protection No related provisions No related provisions No related provisions Action to be taken: Paragraph 9 Related document: MEPC 62/13 1 Annex 1 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the conventions and other instruments relating to marine environment protection of which IMO is depositary or is responsible for Secretariat duties. 2 Annex 2 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of MARPOL. 3 Annex 3 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the amendments to MARPOL. 4 Annex 4 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the 1990 OPRC Convention. 5 Annex 5 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the 2000 OPRC-HNS Protocol. 6 Annex 6 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the 2001 AFS Convention. 7 Annex 7 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the 2004 BWM Convention. 8 Annex 8 shows the status, as at 16 November 2011, of the 2009 Hong Kong Convention.
Page 2 Action requested of the Committee 9 The Committee is invited to note the information contained in the annexes and take action as appropriate. ***
Annex 1, page 1 ANNEX 1 STATUS OF THE CONVENTIONS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (as at 16 November 2011) MARPOL 73/78 (amended) 1997 MARPOL PROT (ANNEX VI) 1990 OPRC 2000 OPRC/HNS 2001 AFS CONVENTION 2004 BWM CONVENTION 2009 Hong Kong Convention 1969 INTERVENTION 1973 (amended) INTERVENTION PROT 1969 CLC 1976 CLC PROT 1992 CLC PROT 2001 Bunkers 1971 FUND 1976 FUND PROT 1992 FUND PROT 1972 (amended) LC 1978 LC amendments 1996 LC PROT Number of ratifications, acceptances, approvals or accessions Number of ratifications, etc., necessary for entry into force Number of IMO Members having ratified, etc., the instrument Number of non-imo Members having ratified, etc., the instrument a/ 151 a/ 67 103 27 55 (30) - - - - - b/ 30 a/ 86 53 37 d/ 53 126 62 e/ 14 d/ 31 108 87 (20) c/ 15 - - - - - - - - - - 53-150 67 102 27 55 30-86 53 37 53 126 62 14 31 108 84 20 41 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 a/ 41
Annex 1, page 2 a/ Include signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval. b/ The Convention will enter into force twelve months after the date on which not less than 30 States, the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 35% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant shipping, have expressed their consent to be bound by it. c/ The combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 40 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant shipping; and the combined maximum annual ship recycling volume of these States during the preceding 10 years constitutes not less than 3 per cent of the gross tonnage of the combined merchant shipping of the same States. d/ This figure reflects denunciations which have become effective. e/ Convention ceased to be in force on 24 May 2002. ( ) Figures in parentheses indicate ratifications, acceptances, etc., not yet operative. ***
Annex 2, page 1 ANNEX 2 STATUS OF MARPOL (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: 15 States, 50% of the world's tonnage State Annexes I and II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Albania X X X X Algeria X X X X Angola X X X X Antigua and Barbuda X X X X X Argentina X X X X Australia X X X X X Austria X X X X Azerbaijan X X X X X Bahamas X X X X Bahrain X X Bangladesh X X X X X Barbados X X X X X Belarus X X X X Belgium X X X X X Belize X X X X X Benin X X X X X Bolivia (Plurinational State of) X X X X Brazil X X X X X Brunei Darussalam X Bulgaria X X X X X Cambodia X X X X Cameroon X X X X Canada X X X X X Cape Verde X X X X Chile X X X X X China X X X X X Colombia X X X X Comoros X X X X Congo X X X X Cook Islands X X Côte d'ivoire X X X X Croatia X X X X X Cuba X X Cyprus X X X X X Czech Republic X X X X Democratic People's Republic of Korea X X X X Denmark X X X X X Djibouti X Dominica X X X Dominican Republic X X X X
Annex 2, page 2 State Annexes I and II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Ecuador X X X X Egypt X X X X El Salvador X X X X Equatorial Guinea X X X X Estonia X X X X X Finland X X X X X France X X X X X Gabon X X X X Gambia X X X X Georgia X X X X Germany X X X X X Ghana X X X X X Greece X X X X X Guatemala X X X X Guinea X X X X Guyana X X X X Honduras X X Hungary X X X X Iceland X X X India X X X X Indonesia X Iran (Islamic Republic of) X X X X X Ireland X X X X X Israel X X X Italy X X X X X Jamaica X X X X X Japan X X X X X Jordan X X X Kazakhstan X X X X Kenya X X X X X Kiribati X X X X X Kuwait X X X X X Latvia X X X X X Lebanon X X X X Liberia X X X X X Libya X X X X Lithuania X X X X X Luxembourg X X X X X Madagascar X X X X Malawi X X X X Malaysia X X X X Maldives X X Malta X X X X X Marshall Islands X X X X X Mauritania X X X X Mauritius X X X X Mexico X X Monaco X X X X Mongolia X X X X X Montenegro X X X X
Annex 2, page 3 State Annexes I and II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Morocco X X X X X Mozambique X X X X Myanmar X Namibia X X X X Netherlands X X X X X New Zealand X X X Nicaragua X X X X Nigeria X X X X Norway X X X X X Oman X X X X Pakistan X X X X Palau X X X X X Panama X X X X X Papua New Guinea X X X X Peru X X X X Philippines X X X X Poland X X X X X Portugal X X X X X Qatar X X X X Republic of Korea X X X X X Republic of Moldova X X X X Romania X X X X Russian Federation X X X X X Saint Kitts and Nevis X X X X X Saint Lucia X X X X Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X X X X X Samoa X X X X X São Tomé and Príncipe X X X X Saudi Arabia X X X X X Senegal X X X X Serbia X X X X X Seychelles X Sierra Leone X X X X X Singapore X X X X X Slovakia X X X X Slovenia X X X X X Solomon Islands X X X X South Africa X X X Spain X X X X X Sri Lanka X X X X Suriname X X X X Sweden X X X X X Switzerland X X X X Syrian Arab Republic X X X X X Thailand X Togo X X X X Tonga X X X X Trinidad and Tobago X X X X Tunisia X X X X X
Annex 2, page 4 State Annexes I and II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Turkey X X Turkmenistan X X X X Tuvalu X X X X X Ukraine X X X X X United Arab Emirates X X X X United Kingdom X X X X X United Republic of Tanzania X X X X United States X X X X Uruguay X X X X Vanuatu X X X X X Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) X X X X Viet Nam X Total number 151 136 129 143 67 % of the world's tonnage 98.91% 96.23% 86.69% 97.14% 90.19% Associate Members Annexes I and II Annex III Annex IV Annex V Annex VI Hong Kong, China X X X X X Macao, China X X X X X Faroes X X X X ***
Annex 3, page 1 ANNEX 3 STATUS OF THE AMENDMENTS TO MARPOL (as at 16 November 2011) 1 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) Entry into force: 2 October 1983 Annex I 2 October 1983 Annex II 6 April 1987 Annex III 1 July 1992 Annex IV 27 September 2003 Annex V 31 December 1988 1984 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.14(20)) 7 January 1986 (extensive amendments to Annex I which had been agreed over the years) 1985 (Annex II) amendments (MEPC.16(22)) 6 April 1987 (extensive amendments to Annex II in preparation for its implementation pumping, piping, control, etc. (IBC and BCH Codes)) 1985 (Protocol I) amendments (MEPC.21(22)) 6 April 1987 (Reporting Protocol) 1987 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.29(25)) 1 April 1989 (designation of the Gulf of Aden as a special area) 1989 (Annex II) amendments (MEPC.34(27)) 13 October 1990 (lists of chemicals) 1989 (Annex V) amendments (MEPC.36(28)) 18 February 1991 (designation of the North Sea as a special area) 1990 (Annexes I and II) amendments (MEPC.39(29)) 3 February 2000 (harmonized system of survey and certification) 1990 (Annexes I and V) amendments (MEPC.42(30)) 17 March 1992 (designation of the Antarctic area as a special area) 1991 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.47(31)) 4 April 1993 (new regulation 26 (Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan) and other amendments)
Annex 3, page 2 1991 (Annex V) amendments (MEPC.48(31)) 4 April 1993 (designation of the Wider Caribbean area as a special area) 1992 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.51(32)) 6 July 1993 (discharge criteria) 1992 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.52(32)) 6 July 1993 (oil tanker design) 1992 (Annex II) amendments (MEPC.57(33)) 1 July 1994 (lists of chemicals and the designation of the Antarctic area as a special area) 1992 (Annex III) amendments (MEPC.58(33)) 28 February 1994 (Revision of Annex III to introduce the IMDG Code as a vehicle for its implementation) 1994 (Annexes I, II, III and V) amendments 3 March 1996 (Conference resolutions 1-3) (Port State control on operational requirements) 1995 (Annex V) amendments (MEPC.65(37)) 1 July 1997 (guidelines for garbage management plans) 1996 (Protocol I) amendments (MEPC.68(38)) 1 January 1998 (Reporting Protocol) 1997 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.75(40)) 1 February 1999 (designation of North West European waters as a special area; new regulation 25A) 1999 (Annexes I and II) amendments (MEPC.78(43)) 1 January 2001 (amendments to regulations 13G and 26 and IOPP Certificate of Annex I and addition of new regulation 16 to Annex II) 2000 (Annex III) amendments (MEPC.84(44)) 1 January 2002 (amendments to the Appendix to Annex III) 2000 (Annex V) amendments (MEPC.89(45)) 1 March 2002 (amendments to regulations 1, 3, 5 and 9 and to the Record of Garbage Discharge) 2001 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.94(46)) 1 September 2002 (Condition Assessment Scheme) 2001 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.95(46)) 1 September 2002 (amendments to regulations 13G of Annex I and to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate) 2002 amendments to the Condition Assessment 1 March 2004 Scheme (MEPC.99(48))
2003 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.111(50)) 5 April 2005 (amendments to regulation 13G, addition of new regulation 13H and consequential amendments to the supplement to the IOPP Certificate of Annex I) 2003 amendments to the Condition Assessment 5 April 2005 Scheme (MEPC.112(50)) 2004 (Annex IV) amendments (MEPC.115(51)) 1 August 2005 (revised Annex IV) 2004 (Annex V) amendments (MEPC.116(51)) 1 August 2005 (amendments to the Appendix to Annex V) MEPC 63/13 Annex 3, page 3 2004 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.117(52)) 1 January 2007 (revised Annex I) 2004 (Annex II) amendments (MEPC.118(52)) 1 January 2007 (revised Annex II) 2005 amendments to the Condition Assessment 1 January 2007 Scheme (MEPC.131(53)) 2006 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.141(54)) 1 August 2007 (amendments to regulation 1, addition of new regulation 12A, consequential amendments to the Supplement of IOPP Certificate and amendments to regulation 21 of the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78) 2006 (Annex IV) amendments (MEPC.143(54)) 1 August 2007 (addition of regulation 13 to Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78) 2006 (Annex I) amendments (MEPC.154(55)) 1 March 2008 (designation of the Southern African Waters as a special area) 2006 amendments to the Condition Assessment 1 March 2008 Scheme (MEPC.155(55)) 2006 amendments (MEPC.156(55)) 1 January 2010 (revised Annex III) 2007 (Annex I and Annex IV) amendments 1 December 2008 (MEPC.164(56)) (Reception facilities outside Special Areas Discharge of sewage) 2009 (Annex I) amendments 1 January 2011 (MEPC.186(59)) (addition of a new chapter 8 to MARPOL Annex I and consequential amendments to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate, Form B)
Annex 3, page 4 2009 (Annex I) amendments 1 January 2011 (MEPC.187(59)) (regulations 1, 12, 13, 17 and 38, Supplement to the IOPP Certificate and Oil Record Book Parts I and II) 2010 (Annex I) amendments 1 August 2011 (MEPC.189(60)) (addition of a new chapter 9 to MARPOL Annex I) 2010 (Annex III) amendments [1 January 2014] (MEPC.193(61)) (revised Annex III) 2011 amendments (Special Area Provisions and the [1 January 2013] Designation of the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under MARPOL Annex IV) (MEPC.200(62)) 2011 amendments (Revised MARPOL Annex V) [1 January 2013] (MEPC.201(62)) 2 Codes made mandatory under MARPOL Annex II International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) (MEPC.19(22)) Effective as from: 6 April 1987 1989 amendments (MEPC.32(27)) 13 October 1990 (lists of chemicals) 1990 amendments (MEPC.40(29)) 3 February 2000 (harmonized system of survey and certification) 1992 amendments (MEPC.55(33)) 1 July 1994 (lists of chemicals, cargo tank venting and gas-freeing arrangements and other amendments) 1996 amendments (MEPC.69(38)) 1 July 1998 (lists of chemicals) 1997 amendments (MEPC.73(39)) 10 July 1998 (vague expressions) 1999 amendments (MEPC.79(43)) 1 July 2002 (cargo-tank venting and gas-freeing arrangements) 2000 amendments (MEPC.90(45)) 1 July 2002 (cargo transfer, personnel protection, special requirements and operational requirements)
Annex 3, page 5 2004 amendments (MEPC.119(52)) 1 January 2007 (revised IBC Code) 2007 amendments (MEPC.166(56)) 1 January 2009 Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code) (MEPC.20(22)) Effective as from: 6 April 1987 1989 amendments (MEPC.33(27)) 13 October 1990 (lists of chemicals) 1990 amendments (MEPC.41(29)) 3 February 2000 (harmonized system of survey and certification) 1992 amendments (MEPC.56(33)) 1 July 1994 (lists of chemicals and other amendments) 1996 amendments (MEPC.70(38)) 1 July 1998 (lists of chemicals) 1999 amendments (MEPC.80(43)) 1 July 2002 (cargo containment) 2000 amendments (MEPC.91(45)) 1 July 2002 (cargo containment, safety equipment and related consideration, special requirements and operational requirements) 2006 amendments (MEPC.144(54)) 1 August 2007 3 Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL PROT 1997) (Annex VI on the prevention of air pollution from ships) Entry into force: 19 May 2005 2005 amendments (MEPC.132(53)) 22 November 2006 2008 amendments (MEPC.176(58)) 1 July 2010 (revised MARPOL Annex VI) 2010 amendments (MEPC 190(60)) 1 August 2011 (North American Emission Control Area) 2010 (Annex VI) amendments [1 February 2012] (MEPC.194(61)) (revised form of the Supplement of the IAPP Certificate)
Annex 3, page 6 2011 amendments (Designation of the United States [1 January 2013] Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area and exemption of certain ships operating in the North American Emission Control Area and the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area under regulations 13 and 14 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.202(62)) 2011 amendments (Inclusion of regulations on energy [1 January 2013] efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex VI) (MEPC.203 (62)) 4 Code made mandatory under MARPOL Annex VI Technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engines (NO x Technical Code) Effective as from: 19 May 2005 2005 amendments (MEPC.132(53)) 22 November 2006 2008 amendments (MEPC.177(58)) 1 July 2010 (NO x Technical Code 2008) ***
Annex 4, page 1 ANNEX 4 STATUS OF 1990 OPRC CONVENTION (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: 15 States Countries that ratified: 103 Date of entry into force: 13 May 1995 Percentage of world's tonnage: 69.58% State Deposit Date State Deposit Date Albania 2 January 2008 Guinea 2 October 2002 Algeria 8 March 2005 Guyana 10 December 1997 Angola 4 October 2001 Iceland 21 June 1993 Antigua and Barbuda 5 January 1999 India 17 November 1997 Argentina 13 July 1994 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24 March 1999 Australia 15 March 1995 Ireland 25 February 1998 Azerbaijan 16 October 2004 Israel 26 April 2001 Bahamas 4 October 2001 Italy 2 March 1999 Bangladesh 23 July 2004 Jamaica 8 September 2005 Benin 5 February 2010 Japan 17 October 1995 Brazil 21 July 1998 Jordan 14 April 2004 Bulgaria 5 April 2001 Kenya 21 July 1999 Cameroon 18 September2009 Latvia 30 November 2001 Canada 7 March 1994 Lebanon 30 March 2005 Cape Verde 4 July 2003 Liberia 5 October 1995 Chile 15 October 1997 Libya 18 June 2004 China 30 March 1998 Lithuania 23 December 2002 Colombia 11 June 2008 Madagascar 20 May 2002 Comoros 5 January 2000 Malaysia 30 July 1997 Congo 7 September 2004 Malta 21 January 2003 Croatia 12 January 1998 Marshall Islands 16 October 1995 Cuba 10 April 2008 Mauritania 22 November 1999 Denmark 22 October 1996 Mauritius 2 December 1999 Djibouti 19 January 1998 Mexico 13 May 1994 Dominica 31 August 2001 Monaco 19 October 1999 Ecuador 29 January 2002 Morocco 29 April 2003 Egypt 29 June 1992 Mozambique 9 November 2005 El Salvador 9 October 1995 Namibia 18 January 2007 Estonia 16 May 2008 Netherlands 1 December 1994 Finland 21 July 1993 New Zealand 2 July 1999 France 6 November 1992 Nigeria 25 May 1993 Gabon 12 April 2005 Norway 8 March 1994 Georgia 20 February 1996 Oman 26 June 2008 Germany 15 February 1995 Pakistan 21 July 1993 Ghana 2 June 2010 Palau 29 September 2011 Greece 7 March 1995 Peru 24 April 2002
Annex 4, page 2 State Deposit Date State Deposit Date Poland 12 June 2003 Spain 12 January 1994 Portugal 27 February 2006 Sweden 30 March 1992 Qatar 8 May 2007 Switzerland 4 July 1996 Republic of Korea 9 November 1999 Syrian Arab Republic 14 March 2003 Romania 17 November 2000 Thailand 20 April 2000 Russian Federation 18 September 2009 Tonga 1 February 1996 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 October 2004 Trinidad and Tobago 6 March 2000 Saint Lucia 20 May 2004 Tunisia 23 October 1995 Samoa 18 May 2004 Turkey 1 July 2004 Saudi Arabia 30 July 2009 United Kingdom 16 September 1994 United Republic of 16 May 2006 Senegal 24 March 1994 Tanzania Seychelles 26 June 1992 United States 13 May 1995 Sierra Leone 10 March 2008 Uruguay 27 September 1994 Singapore 10 March 1999 Vanuatu 18 February 1999 Venezuela (Bolivarian 12 December 1994 Slovenia 31 May 2001 Republic of) South Africa 4 July 2008 ***
Annex 5, page 1 ANNEX 5 STATUS OF 2000 OPRC-HNS PROTOCOL (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: 15 States (Parties to the 1990 OPRC Convention) Countries that ratified: 27 Date of entry into force: 14 June 2007 Percentage of world's tonnage: 36.70% State Deposit Date State Deposit Date Australia 16 March 2005 Malta 21 January 2003 Chile 16 October 2006 Netherlands 22 October 2002 China 19 November 2009 Palau 29 September 2011 Colombia 11 June 2008 Poland 12 June 2003 Denmark 30 September 2008 Portugal 14 June 2006 Ecuador 29 January 2002 Republic of Korea 11 January 2008 Egypt 26 May 2004 Singapore 16 October 2003 Estonia 16 May 2008 Slovenia 5 April 2006 France 24 April 2007 Spain 27 January 2005 Germany 2 June 2009 Sweden 8 January 2003 Greece 28 May 2003 Syrian Arab Republic 10 February 2005 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19 April 2011 Uruguay 31 July 2003 Japan 9 March 2007 Vanuatu 15 March 2004 Liberia 18 September 2008 ***
Annex 6, page 1 ANNEX 6 STATUS OF 2001 AFS CONVENTION (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: 25 States, 25% of the world's tonnage Countries that ratified: 55 Date of entry into force: 17 September 2008 Percentage of world's tonnage: 78.78% State Deposit Date State Deposit Date Antigua and Barbuda 6 January 2003 Malaysia 27 September 2010 Australia 9 January 2007 Malta 27 March 2009 Bahamas 30 January 2008 Marshall Islands 9 May 2008 Belgium 15 April 2009 Mexico 7 July 2006 Bulgaria 3 December 2004 Mongolia 28 September 2011 Canada 8 April 2010 Morocco 14 April 2010 China 7 March 2011 Netherlands 16 April 2008 Cook Islands 12 March 2007 Nigeria 5 March 2003 Croatia 15 December 2006 Norway 5 September 2003 Cyprus 23 December 2005 Panama 17 September 2007 Denmark 19 December 2002 Palau 28 September 2011 Estonia 23 January 2009 Poland 9 August 2004 Ethiopia 14 July 2009 Republic of Korea 24 July 2008 Finland 9 July 2010 Romania 16 February 2005 France 12 March 2007 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30 August 2005 Germany 20 August 2008 Serbia 8 July 2010 Greece 22 December 2005 Sierra Leone 21 November 2007 Hungary 30 January 2008 Singapore 31 December 2009 Iran (Islamic Republic of ) 6 April 2011 Slovenia 18 May 2007 Ireland 20 October 2011 South Africa 2 July 2008 Japan 8 July 2003 Spain 16 February 2004 Jordan 24 March 2010 Sweden 10 December 2003 Kiribati 5 February 2007 Syrian Arab Republic 24 April 2009 Latvia 9 December 2003 Tunisia 5 September 2011 Lebanon 2 February 2010 Tuvalu 2 December 2005 Liberia 17 September 2008 United Kingdom 7 June 2010 Lithuania 29 January 2007 Vanuatu 20 August 2008 Luxembourg 21 November 2005 ***
Annex 7, page 1 ANNEX 7 STATUS OF 2004 BWM CONVENTION (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: 30 States, 35% of the world's tonnage Countries that ratified: 30 Date of entry into force: Not yet in force Percentage of world's tonnage: 26.44% State Deposit Date State Deposit Date Albania 15 January 2009 Marshall Islands 26 November 2009 Antigua and Barbuda 19 December 2008 Mexico 18 March 2008 Barbados 11 May 2007 Mongolia 28 September 2011 Brazil 14 April 2010 Netherlands 10 May 2010 Canada 8 April 2010 Nigeria 13 October 2005 Cook Islands 2 February 2010 Norway 29 March 2007 Croatia 29 June 2010 Palau 28 September 2011 Egypt 18 May 2007 Republic of Korea 10 December 2009 France 24 September 2008 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30 August 2005 Iran (Islamic Republic of ) 6 April 2011 Sierra Leone 21 November 2007 Kenya 14 January 2008 South Africa 15 April 2008 Kiribati 5 February 2007 Spain 14 September 2005 Liberia 18 September 2008 Sweden 24 November 2009 Malaysia 27 September 2010 Syrian Arab Republic 2 September 2005 Maldives 22 June 2005 Tuvalu 2 December 2005 ***
Annex 8, page 1 ANNEX 8 STATUS OF 2009 HONG KONG CONVENTION (as at 16 November 2011) Conditions of entry into force: Countries that ratified: Date of entry into force: Percentage of world's tonnage: 15 States, 40% of the world's tonnage; and the combined maximum annual ship recycling volume of these States during the preceding 10 years constitutes not less than 3 per cent of the gross tonnage of the combined merchant shipping of the same States None Not yet in force None France, Italy, the Netherlands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turkey have signed the Convention, subject to ratification (acceptance).