The annex of this document has been consolidated into resolution MEPC.254(67)
RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee
conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO that, at its sixty-second session, it adopted, by 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 that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI 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, at its sixty-third session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.214(63), 2012 Guidelines on survey and certification of
the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), which were further amended at its
sixty-fifth session, by resolution MEPC.234(65),
NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-seventh session, it adopted, by resolution
MEPC.254(67), 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy
Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),
RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI require the adoption of relevant guidelines for the smooth and uniform
implementation of the regulations and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to
prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-eighth session, draft amendments to the
2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index
(EEDI),
1 ADOPTS amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of
the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), as set out in the annex to the
present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the aforementioned amendments 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 ENDORSES the use of ISO standard 15016:2105 for ships for which the sea
trial is conducted on or after 1 September 2015 and encourages the application of the
standard prior to that date;
4 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the amendments to the attention of
shipowners, ship operators shipbuilders, ship designers and any other interested groups;
5 AGREES to keep these guidelines, as amended, under review in light of the experience
gained with their application.