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,
RECALLING ALSO that, at its fifty-eighth session, the Committee
adopted, by resolution MEPC.176(58),
a revised MARPOL Annex VI (hereinafter
referred to as "MARPOL Annex VI") which significantly strengthens
the emission limits for nitrogen oxides (NOx) in light
of technological improvements and implementation experience,
NOTING that regulation 13.7.1 of MARPOL
Annex VI requires notification to the Organization of an Approved
Method certified by an Administration of a Party,
RECOGNIZING the need to develop guidelines to set forth
the information to be submitted by an Administration to the Organization,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-sixth session, the draft 2014 Guidelines in respect of the information to be submitted by an
Administration to the Organization covering the certification of an
Approved Method as required under regulation 13.7.1 of MARPOL Annex VI
, proposed by the
Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response, at its first session,
1. ADOPTS the 2014 Guidelines in respect
of the information to be submitted by an Administration to the Organization
covering the certification of an Approved Method as required under
regulation 13.7.1 of MARPOL Annex VI
,
as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Administrations to take the annexed
Guidelines into account when notification of a new Approved Method
is prepared;
3. REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL
Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed
Guidelines to the attention of shipowners, ship operators, shipbuilders,
marine diesel engine manufacturers and any other interested groups;
4. AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review
in the light of experience gained with their application.