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International Legal Instruments

Convention on Biological Diversity , opened for signature 5 June 1992, 1760 UNTS 79. (Entered
into force 29 December 1993) (hereinafter CBD)
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship s Ballast Water and Sediments

2004, IMO Doc. BWM/CONF/36 (16 February 2004) ((not yet in force)) (hereinafter BWM
Convention)
International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships 2001, IMO
Doc. AFS/CONF/26 (5 October 2001) (entered into force 17 September 2008) (hereinafter
Anti-fouling Systems Convention)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , opened for signature 10 December 1982, 1833
UNTS 3 (entered into force 16 November 1994) (hereinafter UNCLOS)

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United Nations and IMO Documents

2011 Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships ' Biofouling to Minimize the Transfer of
Invasive Aquatic Species, Resolution MEPC.207(62), IMO Doc. MEPC 62/24/Add.1 Annex
26 (26 July 2011) (hereinafter 2011 IMO Biofouling Guidelines)
Anti-fouling Systems Used on Ships, Assembly Resolution A.895(21), IMO Doc. A 21/Res.895
(4 February 2000)
Application of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships ' Ballast
Water and Sediments, 2004, IMO Assembly Resolution A.1088 (28), IMO Doc. A

28/Res.1088 (28 January 2014)
Development of international measures for minimizing the translocation of invasive aquatic
species through biofouling of ships, IMO Doc. MEPC 56/19/3 (5 April 2007)
Draft guidance for evaluating the Guidelines for the control and management of ships ' biofouling
to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species, Submitted by Australia, the Netherlands
and New Zealand, IMO Doc. BLG 17/7 (30 November 2012)
Draft performance measures for evaluating the Guidelines for the control and management of
ships biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic species, Submitted by Australia,

the Netherlands and New Zealand, IMO Doc. BLG 17/INF.9 (30 November 2012)
Guidelines for preventing the introduction of unwanted aquatic organisms and pathogens ships

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ballast water and sediment discharges, IMO Assembly Resolution A.774(18), (4 November
1993)
Guidelines for the control and management of ships

ballast water to minimize the transfer of
harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens, IMO Assembly Resolution A.868(20), IMO Doc. A
20/Res.868 (1 December 1997)
International Guidelines for Preventing the Introduction of Unwanted Aquatic Organisms and
Pathogens from Ships

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Ballast Water and Sediment Discharges, MEPC Resolution 50(31),
IMO Doc. 31/21 (4 July 1991)
Investigating biofouling risks and management options on commercial vessels, Submitted by
Australia, IMO Doc. MEPC 54/INF.5 (13 January 2006)
Measures to control potential adverse impacts associated with use tributyl tin compounds in
ant-fouling paints, MEPC Resolution 46/30, IMO Doc. MEPC30/24, annex 19 (16 November)
Report of the Marine Environment Protection Committee on its Sixty-Fifth Session, IMO Doc.
MEPC 65/22 (24 May 2013)
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development UN Doc.
A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. II) (13 August 1992)

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