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 Annex V of the International Convention
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the
Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL) relating thereto
provides regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from
ships,
NOTING that the Committee, at its sixty-second session,
adopted the revised MARPOL Annex V by
resolution MEPC.201(62), which entered
into force on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that the Committee, at its sixty-third session,
adopted the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V
by resolution MEPC.219(63),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-fifth session, the proposed
amendments to the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V
,
1 ADOPTS the amendments to the 2012 Guidelines
for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V
,
the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution;
2 INVITES Governments, in implementation of the
provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V ,
to take into account the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation
of MARPOL Annex V
, as amended
by this resolution; and
3 AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review
in light of the experience gained.