RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred
upon it by the international conventions for the prevention and control of marine
pollution,
RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on the Control of Harmful
Anti-fouling Systems for Ships, 2001, held in October 2001, adopted the
International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,
2001 (the AFS
Convention) together with four Conference resolutions,
NOTING that article 11(1) of the AFS
Convention prescribes that ships to which this Convention applies may, in
any port, shipyard, or offshore terminal of a Party, be inspected by officers
authorized by that Party for the purpose of determining whether the ship is in
compliance with this Convention, that such inspection may include brief sampling of
the ship's anti-fouling system, and that article 11(1) of the AFS
Convention refers to the guidelines to be developed by the Organization,
NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.104(49) by which the Committee
adopted the Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems on ships,
RECALLING FURTHER that at its seventy-sixth session it adopted amendments to the AFS
Convention to introduce controls on cybutryne through resolution MEPC.331(76),
RECOGNIZING the need for a consequential revision of the guidelines associated with
the AFS Convention due to the aforementioned amendments,
NOTING FURTHER that through resolutions MEPC.358(78) and MEPC.357(78) the Organization adopted 2022 Guidelines for
survey and certification of anti-fouling systems on ships and 2022
Guidelines for inspection of anti-fouling systems on ships, respectively,
HAVING CONSIDERED a revised text of the Guidelines for brief sampling of
anti-fouling systems on ships prepared by the Sub-Committee on Pollution
Prevention and Response at its ninth session,
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems on ships
(2022 Guidelines), the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution;
2 INVITES Governments to apply the 2022 Guidelines as soon as possible, or when the
Convention becomes applicable to them;
3 RECOMMENDS that the Guidelines be reviewed on a regular basis;
4 REVOKES resolution MEPC.104(49).