RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships and other
matters concerning the effect of shipping on the marine environment,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.720(17) by which it adopted Guidelines
for the Designation of Special Areas, as set out in chapter
2 of the annex to that resolution,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.927(22), by which it adopted Revised Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas under MARPOL
, as set out in annex 1 to that resolution,
which superseded chapter 2 of the annex to resolution A.720(17),
NOTING resolution A.982(24) by
which it revoked annex 2 of resolution A.927(22),
NOTING ALSO that the Marine Environment Protection Committee
adopted, by resolution MEPC.200(62),
amendments to MARPOL Annex IV on Prevention
of Pollution by Sewage from Ships, to include the possibility of establishing
"Special Areas" for the prevention of such pollution from passenger
ships,
NOTING FURTHER that, as a result of the amendments to MARPOL Annex IV, consequential amendments are necessary
to the Revised Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas
under MARPOL
as adopted by resolution
A.927(22),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Marine
Environment Protection Committee at its sixty-third session:
1 ADOPTS the 2013 Guidelines for the Designation
of Special Areas under MARPOL
, as
set out in the annex, which supersede annex 1 to resolution A.927(22);
2 INVITES Governments to apply the 2013 Guidelines
when proposing the designation of a Special Area under MARPOL;
3 REVOKES resolution A.927(22).