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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
MEPC 33(27); The amendments affected the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk(IBC Code), mandatory under both MARPOL 73/78 and SOLAS and applies to ships built on or after 1 July 1986 and the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk(BCH). In both cases, the amendments included a revised list of chemicals. The BCH Code is mandatory under MARPOL 73/78 but voluntary under SOLAS 1974. Further amendments affected Annex II of MARPOL - updating and replacing the lists of chemicals in appendices II and III.
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Amendments To BCH Code Of The International Convention For The Prevention Of Pollution From Ships
Alternative Treaty Name: 
Amendments to BCH Code of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships [MEPC.33(27)]
Possible Sources (additional): 
http://www.imo.org/includes/blastData.asp/doc_id=6953/33(27).pdf
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1989-03-17
Signature Year: 
1989
Place IEA was signed: 
London
Date IEA entered into force: 
1990-10-13
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Title
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Amendments To BCH Code Of The International Convention For The Prevention Of Pollution From Ships
Words used to code as Environmental: 
pollut/pollution from ships/ship
Lineage
Lineage: 
MARPOL
Sequence in lineage: 
203.060
Secretariat and auspices
Org Auspices: 
IMO
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Pollution/Ocean
Category: 
ENV