1.2 Application
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1.2 Application

  1.2.1 These Guidelines amend the Revised guidelines on implementation of effluent standards and performance tests for sewage treatment plants, adopted by resolution MEPC.159(55), by including the standards of section 4.2 that only apply to passenger ships which operate in MARPOL Annex IV special areas and which intend to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea.

  1.2.2 The requirements of these Guidelines, with the exception of the requirements in section 4.2, will apply to sewage treatment plants installed on or after 1 January 2016 on:

  • .1 ships, other than passenger ships, in all areas; and

  • .2 passenger ships outside MARPOL Annex IV special areas.

  • .3 the phrase "installed on or after 1 January 2016" means:

    • .1 installations on board ships the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 January 2016; and

    • .2 for other ships, installations with a contractual delivery date to the ship on or after 1 January 2016 or, in the absence of a contractual delivery date, the actual delivery of the equipment to the ship on or after 1 January 2016.

  1.2.3 The requirements of these Guidelines, including those in section 4.2, will apply to sewage treatment plants on:

  • .1 new passenger shipsfootnote when operating in Baltic Sea Special Area and intending to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea on or after 1 June 2019;

  • .2 existing passenger ships, other than those specified in sub-paragraph .3 below, when operating in Baltic Sea Special Area and intending to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea on or after 1 June 2021; and

  • .3 1 June 2023 for existing passenger ships en route directly to or from a port located outside Baltic Sea Special Area and to or from a port located east of longitude 28˚10' E within the special area that do not make any other port calls within the special area and intending to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea.

  1.2.4 Sewage treatment plants installed prior to 1 January 2016 and on or after 1 January 2010, on ships other than passenger ships operating in MARPOL Annex IV special areas and intending to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea, should comply with resolution MEPC.159(55).

  1.2.5 Sewage treatment plants installed prior to 1 January 2010 on ships other than passenger ships operating in MARPOL Annex IV special areas and intending to discharge treated sewage effluent into the sea, should comply with resolution MEPC.2(VI).

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