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The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

The Annex of this document has been consolidated into MARPOL Annex VI

2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating thereto (MARPOL), which specifies the amendment procedure and confers upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering amendments thereto for adoption by the Parties,

RECALLING FURTHER that the Committee, at its seventy-second session, adopted resolution MEPC.304(72) on the Initial IMO Strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, proposed amendments to MARPOL Annex VI concerning mandatory goal-based technical and operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping and exemption of unmanned non-self-propelled (UNSP) barges from certain survey and certification requirements, which were circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a) of MARPOL,

HAVING ALSO CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, the comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the proposed amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on States, including on developing countries, especially on least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS),footnote

1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL, the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of MARPOL, that the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 May 2022 unless prior to that date not less than one third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet have communicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments;

3 INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of MARPOL, the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI shall enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon its acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4 INVITES ALSO the Parties to consider and initiate as soon as possible the development of a Carbon Intensity Code;

5 INVITES the Organization, mindful of the review clauses provided for in regulations 25.3 and 28.11 of the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, to initiate the respective reviews as early as possible;

6 INVITES ALSO the Organization to keep under review the impacts on States of the aforesaid amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, paying particular attention to the needs of developing countries, especially LDCs and SIDS, so that any necessary adjustments can be made;

7 AGREES to undertake a lessons-learned exercise from the comprehensive impact assessment of the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, with a view to improving the procedure for conducting future impact assessments taking into account the Procedure for assessing impacts on States of candidate measures (MEPC.1/Circ.885) and the terms of reference for the impact assessment of the short-term measure;footnote

8 ENCOURAGES the Parties to consider early application of the aforesaid amendments;

9 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article 16(2)(e) of MARPOL, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI contained in the annex to all Parties to MARPOL;

10 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.328(76) - Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol Of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, As Modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating Thereto - (adopted on 17 June 2021)
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