1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its fifty-seventh session, approved, on 4 April 2008, the Unified
Interpretations to MARPOL Annex VI (see
MEPC 57/21, paragraph 4.58.14).
2 The Unified Interpretations, annexed hereto,
should be applied from the date of approval and until the 2008 amendments
to MARPOL Annex VI enter into force.