1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-fifth session (13 to 17 May 2013), approved the Guidance
for evaluating the 2011 Guidelines for the control and management
of ships' biofouling to minimize the transfer of invasive aquatic
species (see MEPC 65/22, paragraph 11.14), developed by the
Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases at its seventeenth session
(4 to 8 February 2013), as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
circular to the attention of all parties concerned.