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,
NOTING resolution MEPC.139(53) by
which the Committee adopted Guidelines for the application of the
revised MARPOL Annex I requirements
to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facilities (FPSOs)
and Floating Storage Units (FSUs),
HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to the Guidelines
concerning the applicability of new regulation 12A of MARPOL Annex
I on oil fuel tank protection to FPSOs and FSUs,
1 ADOPTS the Amendments to the Guidelines for
the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to Floating
Production, Storage and Offloading facilities (FPSOs) and Floating
Storage Units (FSUs), the text of which is set out in the Annex to
the present resolution; and
2 INVITES Member Governments to give due consideration
to the Guidelines, as amended, when implementing the requirements
prescribed in regulation 12A of the revised MARPOL Annex I.