MEPC adopted the “2015 Guidelines for the development of the Inventory of Hazardous Materials” (IMO, 2015a, annex 17). The Inventory is required under the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (Hong Kong Convention). The Convention is not yet in force and at 30 June 2015 only three States had ratified it. The Convention requires ratification by not less than 15 States to enter into force.