The Annex of this document has been consolidated into MARPOL
Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I and IV
(Exemption of unmanned non-self-propelled barges from certain survey and certification
requirements)
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 for the Prevention
of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
(MARPOL), which specifies the amendment procedure and confers upon the
appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments
thereto,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, proposed amendments to
MARPOL Annexes I and IV
concerning the exemption of unmanned non-self-propelled (UNSP) barges from survey and
certification requirements, which were circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a) of
MARPOL,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL,
amendments to MARPOL Annexes I
and IV, 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 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 said amendments shall enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon
their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 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 contained in the annexes to all Parties to MARPOL;
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present
resolution and its annexes to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.