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

The Annex of this document has been consolidated into AFS Convention

Amendments to Annexes 1 and 4

(Controls on cybutryne and form of the International Anti-fouling System Certificate)

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 16 of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (the AFS 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-sixth session, proposed amendments to the AFS Convention regarding controls on cybutryne and the form of the International Anti-fouling System Certificate,

1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(c) of the AFS Convention, amendments to Annexes 1 and 4, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(e)(ii) of the AFS Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2022 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 articles 16(2)(f)(ii) and (iii) of the AFS Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2023 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4 INVITES ALSO the Parties to remind ships that fly their flag and that are confirmed to be affected by the amendments to Annex 1 to the AFS Convention adopted through the present resolution to make a timely request for a survey for the issuance of an International Anti-fouling System Certificate, in the amended model form adopted through the present resolution, using the procedure outlined in paragraphs 4 and 5.3 of the annex to resolution MEPC.195(61), as may be amended by the Organization, so that ships have a valid International Anti-fouling System Certificate on board not later than 24 months after the entry into force of the amendments to Annex 1 to the AFS Convention adopted through the present resolution;

5 INVITES FURTHER the Parties to issue new International Anti-fouling System Certificates, in the amended model form adopted through the present resolution, at the next anti-fouling system application, in the case of ships that are confirmed not to be affected by the amendments to Annex 1 to the AFS Convention adopted through the present resolution;

6 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article 16(2)(d) of the AFS Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the AFS 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 AFS Convention;

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

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.331(76) - Amendments to the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 - (adopted on 17 June 2021)
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