The annex of this document has been revoked by resolution A.1155(32)
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, at its fifty-eighth session, the Committee adopted, by
resolution MEPC.176(58), a revised MARPOL Annex VI which significantly
strengthens the controls on emissions,
NOTING that articles 5 and 6 of the MARPOL
Convention and regulations 10 and 11 of MARPOL Annex VI provide control procedures to be followed
by a Party to the 1997 Protocol with regard to foreign ships visiting its ports,
RECALLING that, at its fifty-ninth session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.181(59), 2009 Guidelines for port State control under the
revised MARPOL Annex VI,
NOTING that the revised MARPOL Annex VI entered into force on 1 July 2010 and since then
there have been several amendments to the provisions,
RECOGNIZING the need to revise the 2009 Guidelines for port State control under the
revised MARPOL Annex VI, in accordance with provisions of the MARPOL Annex VI,
as amended,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at is seventy-fourth session, draft 2019 Guidelines for port State
control under MARPOL Annex VI prepared by the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and
Response, at its sixth session, following a review by the Sub-Committee on
Implementation of IMO Instruments, at its fifth session,
1 ADOPTS the 2019 Guidelines for port State control under MARPOL Annex VI Chapter
3 (2019 PSC Guidelines), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Governments, when exercising port State control under MARPOL Annex VI, to apply
the 2019 PSC Guidelines from 1 January 2020;
3 INVITES Governments, when exercising port State control under MARPOL Annex VI, to apply
the provisions of MARPOL Annex VI concerning the prohibition on the carriage of
non-compliant fuel oil for combustion purposes for propulsion or operation on board a
ship from 1 March 2020;
4 INVITES Governments, when exercising port State control under MARPOL Annex VI, to apply
the provisions of MARPOL Annex VI concerning electronic record books from 1 October
2020;
5 AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review in the light of experience gained with
their application;
6 REVOKES the 2009 Guidelines for port State control under the revised
MARPOL Annex VI adopted by resolution MEPC.181(59), from 1 January 2020.