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,
NOTING that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI, which is expected to enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon its deemed
acceptance on 1 May 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 28.4 of MARPOL Annex
VI requires reduction factors to be established for each ship type to which
regulation 28 is applicable,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, draft 2021 Guidelines on the
operational carbon intensity reduction factors relative to reference lines (CII
reduction factors guidelines, G3),
1 ADOPTS the 2021 Guidelines on the operational carbon intensity reduction factors
relative to reference lines (CII reduction factors guidelines, G3), as set out
in the 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 requirements set forth in
regulation 28.4 of MARPOL Annex
VI;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the
attention of masters, seafarers, shipowners, ship operators and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review in light of experience gained with their
implementation and in light of the review of CII regulations to be completed by the
Organization by 1 January 2026 as identified in regulation 28.11 of MARPOL Annex
VI, and that annual reduction rates for the period 2027-2030 will be further
strengthened and developed taking into account that review.