BWM - International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004

❖ Articles of the International Convention for the

Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and
Sediments, 2004 Section A - General Provisions
❖Annex - Regulations for the Control and Management Regulation A-1 - Definitions

of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments Regulation A-2 - General Applicability

Regulation A-3 - Exceptions

Articles of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast
Water and Sediments, 2004
Regulation A-4 - Exemptions

Article 1 - Definitions
Article 11 - Notification of Control Actions

Regulation A-5 - Equivalent compliance

Article 2 - General Obligations
Article 12 - Undue Delay to Ships

Article 3 - Application
Article 13 - Technical Assistance, Co-operation and
Article 4 - Control of the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Regional Co-operation
Section B - Management and Control Requirements for Ships
Organisms and Pathogens Through Ships' Ballast Water Article 14 - Communication of information

and Sediments
Article 15 - Dispute Settlement

Article 5 - Sediment Reception Facilities

Article 16 - Relationship to International Law and Regulation B-1 - Ballast Water Management Plan

Article 6 - Scientific and Technical Research and Other Agreements

Monitoring
Article 17 - Signature, Ratification, Acceptance,
Article 7 - Survey and certification
Approval and Accession
Regulation B-2 - Ballast Water Record Book

Article 8 - Violations
Article 18 - Entry into Force

Article 9 - Inspection of Ships

Article 19 - Amendments

Article 10 - Detection of Violations and Control of Ships Article 20 - Denunciation

Regulation B-3 - Ballast Water Management for Ships

Article 21 - Depositary

Article 22 - Languages
Regulation B-4 - Ballast Water Exchange

Annex - Regulations for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water

and Sediments Regulation B-5 - Sediment Management for Ships

Section A - General Provisions

Regulation B-6 - Duties of Officers and Crew

Section B - Management and Control Requirements for Ships
Section C - Special Requirements in Certain Areas
Section C - Special Requirements in Certain Areas

Section D - Standards for Ballast Water Management

Regulation C-1 - Additional Measures

Regulation C-2 - Warnings Concerning Ballast Water Uptake in Certain Areas and Related Flag State Measures

Section E - Survey and Certification Requirements for Ballast Water Regulation C-3 - Communication of Information
Management
Section D - Standards for Ballast Water Management
Appendix I - Form of International Ballast Water Management Certificate Regulation D-1 - Ballast Water Exchange Standard

Regulation D-2 - Ballast Water Performance Standard

Appendix II - International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Regulation D-3 - Approval requirements for Ballast Water Management systems

Ballast Water and Sediments

Regulation D-4 - Prototype Ballast Water Treatment Technologies

Regulation D-5 - Review of Standards by the Organization

1 Introduction

2 Ballast Water and Ballast Water Management

3 Entries in the Ballast Water Record Book

Section E - Survey and Certification Requirements for Ballast Water Management
4 Volume of Ballast Water
Regulation E-1 - Surveys

Regulation E-2 - Issuance or Endorsement of a Certificate

RECORD OF BALLAST WATER OPERATIONS

Regulation E-3 - Issuance or Endorsement of a Certificate by Another Party

Regulation E-4 - Form of the Certificate

Regulation E-5 - Duration and Validity of the Certificate