ADOPTED: Done at Tokyo, 1 December 1993

REFERENCE: TOKYO MOU 1993

ENTERED INTO FORCE: 1 April 1994

DEPOSITARY: Secretariat, Tokyo MOU

SECRETARY: Secretariat, Tokyo MOU

IMPLEMENTATION

SIGNATURE AND ACCESSION

Section VIII.II

Any Maritime Authority meeting the criteria established in Annex 1 to the Memorandum may, with the unanimous consent of the Authorities present and voting at the Committee meeting, become a Co-operating Member or a Member Authority of the Memorandum in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Annex 1. For such an Authority, the Memorandum will take effect upon such date as may be mutually determined.

ENTRY INTO FORCE

Section VIII.VII

The Memorandum will be available for acceptance from 1 April 1994, and will take effect for each Authority, which has signed the Memorandum, on the date its acceptance is duly notified to the Secretariat.

WITHDRAWAL

Section VIII.IV

Any Authority may withdraw from the Memorandum by providing the Committee with 60 days notice in writing.

AMENDMENTS

Section VII

7.1 The Memorandum will be amended by the following procedure:

7.1.1 any Authority that has accepted the Memorandum may propose amendments to the Memorandum;

7.1.2 the proposed amendment will be submitted through the Secretariat for consideration by the Committee;

7.1.3 amendments will be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the representatives of the Authorities present and voting in the Committee, each Authority exercising one vote. If so adopted an amendment will be communicated by the Secretariat to the Authorities for acceptance;

7.1.4 an amendment will be deemed to have been accepted either at the end of a period of six months after adoption by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee or at the end of any different period determined unanimously by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee at the time of adoption, unless within the relevant period an objection is communicated to the Secretariat by an Authority;

7.1.5 any such objection will be considered by the Committee at its next meeting, and the amendment will be confirmed if it is accepted by a two-thirds majority of the representatives of the Authorities present and voting in the Committee at such meeting. In these circumstances, a quorum of more than half of the total number of representatives of the Authorities that comprise the Committee is required. In the event that the amendment is confirmed, the date of its deemed acceptance will be either at the end of a period of six months after being confirmed or any different period determined unanimously by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee at the time of confirmation; and .6 an amendment will take effect 60 days after it has been deemed accepted, or at the end of any different period of deemed acceptance as determined unanimously by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee.

7.2 The Manual will be amended by the following procedure:

7.2.1 the proposed amendment to the parts other than those factual information/data will be submitted through or by the Secretariat for consideration by the Authorities;

7.2.2 the amendment will be deemed to have been accepted at the end of a period determined unanimously by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee at the time of adoption; and

7.2.3 the amendment will take effect at the end of any period determined unanimously by the representatives of the Authorities in the Committee at the time of adoption.