The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

 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,

 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 includes mandatory provisions that Ozone Depleting Substances and equipment containing such substances be delivered to appropriate reception facilities when removed from ships,

 NOTING that regulation 17 of MARPOL Annex VI specifies two types of wastes for which Parties must ensure the provision of reception facilities for ships calling at their ports,

 NOTING ALSO that adequate MARPOL Annex VI reception facilities shall meet the needs of ships calling at a port or terminal without causing undue delay,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-second session, the 2011 Guidelines for reception facilities under MARPOL Annex VI, developed by the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases at its fifteenth session,

  1. ADOPTS the 2011 Guidelines for reception facilities under MARPOL Annex VI, as set out at annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when developing and enacting national laws which give force to and implement provisions set forth in regulation 17 of MARPOL Annex VI;

  3. REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the attention of port and terminal operators and ship repair and ship recycling facilities, and any other interested groups; and

  4. AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review in light of the experience gained.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.199(62) – 2011 Guidelines for Reception Facilities Under MARPOL Annex VI – (Adopted on 15 July 2011)
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