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 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 an Approved Method to be certified by an Administration of a Party,

 RECOGNIZING the need to develop guidelines to set forth the process of approving an Approved Method,

 NOTING ALSO 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, adopted by resolution MEPC.242(66),

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-sixth session, the draft 2014 Guidelines on the Approved Method process, proposed by the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response, at its first session,

  1. ADOPTS the 2014 Guidelines on the Approved Method process, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when an application for a new Approved Method is being considered;

  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; and

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

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.243(66) – 2014 Guidelines on the Approved Method Process – (Adopted on 4 April 2014)
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