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,

 RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution MEPC.52(32), the Committee adopted regulations 13F and 13G of Annex I to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as amended (MARPOL 73/78), with a view to improving the requirements for the design and construction of oil tankers to prevent oil pollution in the event of collision or stranding,

 HAVING ADOPTED, at its forty-sixth session, amendments to regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 by resolution MEPC.95(46) to accelerate the phase-out of single hull tankers in an effort to further enhance the protection of the marine environment,

 NOTING that, in accordance with the revised regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 73/78, an Administration may allow a Category 1 tanker to continue operating beyond the anniversary of the date of delivery of the ship in 2005 and a Category 2 tanker beyond the anniversary of the date of delivery of the ship in 2010, provided that the requirements of a Condition Assessment Scheme adopted by the Committee are complied with,

 RECOGNIZING the need to provide the required Condition Assessment Scheme for the purposes of application of the revised to regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 73/78,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the draft Condition Assessment Scheme which was prepared by the MEPC Intersessional Working Group and further amended by the Committee at its forty-sixth session,

  1. ADOPTS the Condition Assessment Scheme, the text of which is set out at Annex to the present resolution, with the understanding that the Model Survey Plan will be developed at MEPC 47 and will be made mandatory;

  2. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the Condition Assessment Scheme contained in the annex to all Parties to MARPOL 73/78;

  3. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78;

  4. INVITES the Maritime Safety Committee to note the Condition Assessment Scheme;

  5. URGES the Maritime Safety Committee to consider introducing and incorporating relevant elements and provisions of the Condition Assessment Scheme in the Guidelines on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers adopted resolution A.744(18) as amended by the resolution 2 of the 1997 SOLAS Conference, by resolution MSC.49(66) and by resolution MSC.105(73)) when reviewing the Guidelines; and

  6. FURTHER URGES Parties to MARPOL 73/78 to:

• .1 transmit when a ship flying their flag is transferred under the flag of another Party to MARPOL 73/78, if they are requested by the latter Party to MARPOL 73/78 and for the purpose of ensuring the uniform and consistent implementation of the provisions of the Condition Assessment Scheme, copies of all documents and records relating to the assessment of the ship in question for compliance with the requirements of the Condition Assessment Scheme; and

• .2 accept, in the light of the fact that certain Category 1 oil tankers have to undergo the required CAS survey prior to 1 September 2002, valid Statements of Compliance issued pursuant to the provisions of the Condition Assessment Scheme following satisfactory completion of CAS surveys commenced prior to 1 September 2002.