The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.108(49) - Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers - (Adopted on 18 July 2003)Amended by Resolution MEPC.240(65) - The Marine Environment Protection Committee,

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 conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

 NOTING that regulation 15(3)(a) of Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), specifies that oil tankers of 150 gross tonnage and above shall be fitted with an oil discharge and monitoring control system approved by the Administration and designed and installed in compliance with the Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers adopted by the Organization,

 NOTING ALSO resolution A.586(14) entitled “Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers” developed in implementation of the said regulation,

 NOTING FURTHER regulation 14 of annex II of MARPOL 73/78 in respect of the carriage of category C and D oil-like substances in oil tankers,

 RECALLING that by resolution A.886(21) the Assembly resolved that, in order to establish a uniform procedure, the function of adopting or amending performance standards and technical specifications referred to in the substantive text of MARPOL 73/78 and other IMO instruments, shall be performed by the Marine Environment Protection Committee and/or the Maritime Safety Committee, as appropriate,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its forty-ninth session, the recommendation submitted by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment in light of the requirements of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78,

  1. ADOPTS the Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this resolution, for application to oil tankers the keels of which are laid or which are in a similar stage of construction (hereinafter referred to as “constructed”) on or after 1 January 2005;

  2. INVITES Governments to implement these Revised Guidelines and Specifications when approving oil discharge monitoring and control systems being installed under regulation 15(3)(a) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 on oil tankers constructed on or after 1 January 2005.


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