The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

The annex of this document has been consolidated into Ballast Water Management Convention

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 international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO article 19 of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the BWM Convention), which specifies the amendment procedure and confers upon the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Organization the function of considering amendments thereto for adoption by the Parties,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-fifth session, proposed amendments to the BWM Convention regarding commissioning testing of ballast water management systems and the form of the International Ballast Water Management Certificate,

1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 19(2)(c) of the BWM Convention, amendments to regulation E-1 and appendix I;

2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 19(2)(e)(ii) of the BWM Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 December 2021 unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties have notified the Secretary-General that they object to the amendments;

3 INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 19(2)(f)(ii) of the BWM Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 June 2022 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4 INVITES ALSO the Parties to consider the application of the amendments to regulation E-1 with regard to commissioning testing as soon as possible to ships entitled to fly their flag, taking into account the Guidance for the commissioning testing of ballast water management systems (BWM.2/Circ.70/Rev.1), as may be amended;

5 RESOLVES that the analysis undertaken in the context of commissioning testing should be indicative;

6 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article 19(2)(d) of the BWM Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the BWM Convention;

7 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 the BWM Convention;

8 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to prepare a consolidated certified text of the BWM Convention.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.325(75) - Amendments to the International Convention for the Control And Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 - (adopted on 20 November 2020)
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