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,
NOTING that the Committee adopted, at its seventy-sixth session, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI, which will enter into force on 1 November 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI
(MARPOL Annex VI) contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based
technical and operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international
shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 28.4 of MARPOL Annex VI requires reference lines
to be established for each ship type to which regulation
28 is applicable,
NOTING that the Committee, at its seventy-sixth session, adopted, by resolution MEPC.337(76), 2021 Guidelines on the reference
lines for use with operational carbon intensity indicators (CII Reference Lines
Guidelines, G2)
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-eighth session, the draft 2022 Guidelines on the
reference lines for use with operational carbon intensity indicators (CII
reference lines guidelines, G2),
1 ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines on the reference lines for use with operational
carbon intensity indicators (CII reference lines guidelines, G2), as set out
in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when developing
and enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements set forth
in regulation 28.4 of MARPOL Annex VI;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the
attention of masters, seafarers, shipowners, ship operators and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review in light of experience gained with their
implementation, also taking into consideration that in accordance with regulation 28.11 of MARPOL Annex VI a review of the
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping shall be
completed by 1 January 2026;
5 REVOKES the 2021 Guidelines on the reference lines for use with operational
carbon intensity indicators (CII Reference Lines Guidelines, G2).