1 The Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation,
at its thirteenth session (7 to 11 March 2005), recognizing that amendments
to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 (amendments to regulation 13G - now regulation 20), addition of new
regulation 13H (now regulation 21)
and consequential amendments to the IOPP Certificate of Annex I of
MARPOL 73/78), adopted by resolution MEPC.111(50), would enter into force on 5 April 2005, prepared draft guidelines
for port State control officers whilst checking compliance with CAS.
2 The Marine Environment Protection Committee
at its fifty-third session (18 to 22 July 2005), approved the Guidelines
(MEPC 53/24, paragraph 10.29), the text of which is contained in the annex.
3 Parties to MARPOL 73/78 are
invited to bring the Guidelines to the attention of their port State
control officers in order to facilitate harmonized actions by individual
Parties when checking CAS compliance.