Tacit Acceptance

Tacit Acceptance

Summary of Tacit Acceptance

A mechanism employed by the International Maritime Organization (read this and related legal terms for further details) to facilitate adoption of technical agreements among member states. Generally, international conventions come into force upon the express acceptance of a specified number of states. The IMO found this procedure cumbersome in light of rapid changes in marine technology. In some cases, important amendments could not be brought into force for want of formal acceptance by the required number of member states. In response to the problem, the IMO adopted the posture that express acceptance would no longer be required for technical agreements. Since 1972, technical agreements come into force on a specified date, unless a prescribed number of member states expressly object.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)


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