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 sixty-second session, the Committee
adopted, resolution MEPC.203(62),
amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified
by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (inclusion of regulations
on energy efficiency for ships in MARPOL
Annex VI),
NOTING the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI adopted at its
sixty-second session by inclusion of a new chapter
4 for regulations on energy efficiency for ships entered into
force on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that regulation 5 (Surveys) of MARPOL
Annex VI, as amended, requires ships to which chapter
4 applies shall also be subject to survey and certification taking into
account guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that the 2012 Guidelines on survey
and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) were
adopted at its sixty-third session,
RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL
Annex VI requires the adoption of relevant guidelines for smooth
and uniform implementation of the regulations and to provide sufficient
lead time for industry to prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-fifth session, draft amendments
to the2012 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy
Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),
1 ADOPTS the amendments to the 2012 Guidelines
on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index
(EEDI), 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 5 of MARPOL
Annex VI, as amended;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL
Annex VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines
on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index
(EEDI) to the attention of masters, seafarers, shipowners,
ship operators and any other interested groups;
4 AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review
in light of the experience gained.