MEPC 82/16/7 Comments on document MEPC 82/16 providing draft guidance on the implementation of the Hong Kong and Basel Conventions regarding the transboundary movement of ships intended for recycling
This document comments on document MEPC 82/16 (Secretariat) and invites the Committee to consider proposals for ensuring an efficient and streamlined simultaneous enforcement of both the Basel and Hong Kong Conventions. The document outlines why, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and the text of the Basel Convention itself, it is impossible to consider the Hong Kong Convention a valid Article 11 agreement under the Basel Convention.
