Table of abbreviations
BC – The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 1989, or the “Basel Convention”
BIMCO – Baltic and International Maritime Council
COP of Basel – Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention
DWM – Downstream Waste Management
ESM – Environmental Sound Management
HKC – Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling, 2009
ICJ – The International Court of Justice
ICS – The Industry Code of Practice on Ship Recycling
IHM – The Inventory of Hazardous Materials
ILO – The International Labour Organization, 1919
IMO – The International Maritime Organization, 1948
IRRC – International Ready for Recycling Certificate
MARPOL – The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or “MARPOL 73/78”
MEPC – Marine Environment Protection Committee
OECD – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1961
OWEG – Open-Ended Working Group of the Basel Convention
PIC – Prior Consent Procedure
SBC – Secretariat of Basel Convention
SESSR – Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling
SOLAS – The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
SRF/s – Ship Recycling Facility/s
SRFP – Ship Recycling Facility Plan
SRP – Ship Recycling Plan
TGB – Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships
VCLT – The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969