IHB File No. S1/6000/2017
CONFERENCE CIRCULAR LETTER No. 7
01 July 2016
XIXth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE /
1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY
Monaco, 24-28 April 2017
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PREPARATION OF THE TABLE OF TONNAGES
References:
A. Conference Circular Letter No. 5 dated 14 June 2016 - Call for nominations of candidates for
Secretary-General and Directors of the IHO
B. IHO Circular Letter No. 83/2012 dated 23 August - Tonnage figures, number of shares and
votes
C. Conference Circular Letter No. 1 dated 21 April 2016 - Announcement and General
Arrangements
Dear Hydrographer,
1. As reported in paragraph 1of Reference A the Directing Committee is now planning the 1st
Session of the Assembly in accordance with the new General Regulations of the IHO (not yet in force)
which are available on the IHO website at:
Home > Letters & Documents > Basic Documents > IHO Basic Documents not yet in force (pending
ratification of the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention of the IHO).
2. The new IHO basic documents will modify slightly the provisions related to the national flag
tonnages of the Member States. The procedures for preparing, adopting and implementing the table of
tonnages on the occasion of each ordinary session of the Assembly will be identical to the procedures
that have been used in the past for each ordinary session of the International Hydrographic
Conference. However, in the new framework, Member States will no longer have the option to adjust
their tonnage up to six months before the start of each successive financial year. The tonnages will be
fixed for the three year period between Assemblies, except for new States acceding to the Convention
during the inter-sessional period.
3. The number of shares of each Member State and its allocated number of votes for the election
of the Secretary-General and the Directors will continue to be determined in accordance with an
unchanged scale based on tonnage. In addition, after the first two-thirds of the seats on the IHO
Council have been allocated on a regional basis, the remaining one-third of seats will be allocated to
States that will not otherwise occupy a seat on the Council, in descending order of their tonnages in
accordance with Article 16 c of the new General Regulations (not yet into force). The allocation of
the remaining one third of seats based on tonnage may change after the second session of the
Assembly meeting, when the definition of “hydrographic interest” is next due to be considered.
4. The table of tonnages which was approved after the XVIIIth International Hydrographic
Conference (see Reference B) has been maintained by the Directing Committee in accordance with
Article 6 of the current Financial Regulations. The provisions of this article have been repeated in the
new Financial Regulations except for the modification mentioned in paragraph 2 above. Accordingly,
the table which will enter into force on 1 January 2017 reflects the changes to the tonnage figures
notified by Member States up to 30 June 2016. The table, shown at annex A, will therefore be used
for determining the order of priority for eligibility for the final one third of seats on the first Council
and the number of votes allocated to Member States for the elections at the first session of the
Assembly.
5. In accordance with Article 6 of the new Financial Regulations (not yet in force), the first
session of the Assembly will be requested to consider and approve the table of national flag tonnages
and therefore the resultant number of votes allocated to each Member State for the elections, and the
number of shares used for the calculation of the annual contributions of individual Member States for
the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020.
6. In order to prepare the draft table of tonnages which will be submitted to the Assembly and in
accordance with the timeline indicated at Reference C, the Directing Committee requests Member
States to complete the enclosed questionnaire by stating their national tonnage figure as of 1 July
2016, as required by Article 6 (a) of both the current and new Financial Regulations.
7. As laid down in Article 5 of both the current and the new Financial Regulations, the tonnage
figures shall be obtained by adding six sevenths of the displacement tonnage of warships exceeding
100 tons to the gross tonnage of all other vessels under their flag exceeding 100 gross tons.
8. The completed questionnaire should be returned to the IHO Secretariat no later than 30
October 2016. The IHO Secretariat will then prepare a draft Table of Tonnages, Shares and Votes for
distribution to all Member States no later than two months before the Conference / Assembly, as
required by Article 6 (a) of both the current and the new Financial Regulations.
On behalf of the Directing Committee,
Yours sincerely,
Robert WARD
President
Annexes:
A. Table of tonnages and number of shares and votes applicable from 1 January 2017
B. Questionnaire
Annex A to CCL 7
TABLE OF TONNAGES AND NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTES
APPLICABLE FROM 1 JANUARY 2017
Source /
Member State Tonnage Shares Votes
Update
Algeria CL83/2012 785 145 6 4
Argentina CL83/2012 1 075 769 7 4
Australia Feb 2015 1 805 301 8 4
Bahrain CL83/2012 833 796 6 4
Bangladesh CL83/2012 902 558 6 4
Belgium CL83/2012 4 350 180 12 5
Brazil CL83/2012 3 697 270 11 5
Brunei Darussalam Mar 2015 466 779 5 3
Cameroon Aug 2012 76 600 2 2
Canada CL83/2012 4 786 774 13 5
Chile CL83/2012 772 763 6 4
China CL83/2012 97 570 000 27 6
Colombia CL83/2012 160 917 3 3
Croatia CL83/2012 1 669 234 8 4
Cuba CL83/2012 51 867 2 2
Cyprus Jun 2013 21 565 917 24 6
Democratic People's Republic of Korea CL83/2012 705 000 5 4
Denmark Jan 2016 15 604 079 21 6
Ecuador Jun 2013 473 785 5 3
Egypt Jun 2015 1 100 000 7 4
Estonia CL83/2012 392 100 4 3
Fiji CL83/2012 63 582 2 2
Finland CL83/2012 1 605 293 8 4
France Jun 2015 6 497 652 14 5
Georgia Mar 2015 87 844 2 2
Germany Apr 2016 10 058 928 17 6
Greece Jun 2014 44 190 793 27 6
Guatemala CL83/2012 3 912 2 2
Iceland CL83/2012 162 870 3 3
India CL83/2012 11 113 181 18 6
Indonesia CL83/2012 9 608 479 17 6
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Jun 2014 5 500 000 13 5
Ireland CL83/2012 249 830 3 3
Italy CL83/2012 18 449 142 22 6
Jamaica CL83/2012 152 992 3 3
Japan Dec 2013 19 743 023 23 6
Kuwait Jun 2013 2 706 483 10 5
Latvia CL83/2012 292 656 4 3
Malaysia CL83/2012 10 938 309 18 6
Mauritius CL83/2012 198 490 3 3
Mexico CL83/2012 2 767 145 10 5
Source /
Member State Tonnage Shares Votes
Update
Monaco CL83/2012 1 228 0 2
Montenegro Jun 2014 47 000 2 2
Morocco CL83/2012 452 919 4 3
Mozambique CL83/2012 45 581 2 2
Myanmar CL83/2012 521 809 5 4
Netherlands Jun 2015 8 671 000 16 6
New Zealand CL83/2012 242 397 3 3
Nigeria CL83/2012 638 982 5 4
Norway CL83/2012 17 564 236 22 6
Oman CL83/2012 41 167 2 2
Pakistan CL83/2012 405 449 4 3
Papua New Guinea CL83/2012 158 929 3 3
Peru Jun 2015 432 354 4 3
Philippines CL83/2012 5 269 721 13 5
Poland Jun 2014 154 825 3 3
Portugal CL83/2012 1 371 496 7 4
Qatar CL83/2012 960 840 6 4
Republic of Korea CL83/2012 29 885 000 27 6
Romania CL83/2012 126 096 3 3
Russian Federation Jun 2014 10 310 722 17 6
Saudi Arabia CL83/2012 1 678 474 8 4
Singapore CL83/2012 53 691 448 27 6
Slovenia CL83/2012 2 718 2 2
South Africa CL83/2012 170 221 3 3
Spain CL83/2012 2 952 369 10 5
Sri Lanka CL83/2012 187 925 3 3
Suriname CL83/2012 13 136 2 2
Sweden CL83/2012 4 095 310 12 5
Syrian Arab Republic CL83/2012 498 145 5 3
Thailand CL83/2012 3 846 758 11 5
Tonga CL83/2012 69 034 2 2
Trinidad and Tobago CL83/2012 50 045 2 2
Tunisia CL83/2012 309 281 4 3
Turkey CL83/2012 6 891 750 15 5
Ukraine CL83/2012 856 508 6 4
United Arab Emirates CL83/2012 1 075 569 7 4
United Kingdom CL83/2012 45 360 141 27 6
United States of America CL83/2012 23 063 117 24 6
Uruguay CL83/2012 122 387 3 3
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) CL83/2012 1 040 834 6 4
Viet Nam Mar 2015 1 968 723 9 5
Total 528 482 082 743 328
Annex B to CCL 7
IHB File No. S1/6000/2017
QUESTIONNAIRE
(to be returned to the IHB by 30 October 2016)
The Directing Committee Member State: ………………….…………..
International Hydrographic Bureau
4b, quai Antoine 1er - BP 445 Date of reply: ………………………………..
MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX
Principality of Monaco
E-mail:
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TONNAGE FIGURES FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE
XIXth INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC CONFERENCE /
1st SESSION OF THE IHO ASSEMBLY
Dear Sirs,
The tonnage figures submitted to the XIXth International Hydrographic Conference / 1st Session of the
IHO Assembly by the Government of
………………………………………………………………….
in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the Financial Regulations are as follows (figures as of 1 July
2016):
A. NAVAL TONNAGE FIGURES
(6/7ths of the total displacement of ships of war taking into account only those of
over 100 tons)
Naval tonnage: = …………………
Corrected figure for IHO calculation purposes: = …………………. (Displacement tons x 6/7)
B. TONNAGE FIGURES FOR ALL OTHER VESSELS (of over 100 tons)
All Other vessels = …………………………………………………… gross tonnage
C. TOTAL TONNAGE FIGURE: ……………………………………………………………
Signature: …………………………………………………
Name: ……………………………………………………
Title / Position: ……………………………………………
……………………………………………………………..
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