1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-second session (11 to 15 July 2011), concurred with the
conclusion of the Ballast Water Review Group regarding the applicability
of the BWM Convention to hopper dredgers and, with a view to facilitating
its broad dissemination, approved the text set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring this
circular to the attention of all parties concerned.