Resolution  MEPC.142(54)

AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE REVISED MARPOL ANNEX I REQUIREMENTS TO FLOATING PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND OFFLOADING FACILITIES (FPSOS) AND FLOATING STORAGE UNITS (FSUS)
(Resolution MEPC.139(53))

(Adopted on 24 March 2006)

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,

NOTING resolution MEPC.139(53) by which the Committee adopted Guidelines for the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facilities (FPSOs) and Floating Storage Units (FSUs),

HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to the Guidelines concerning the applicability of new regulation 12A of MARPOL Annex I on oil fuel tank protection to FPSOs and FSUs,

1. ADOPTS the Amendments to the Guidelines for the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facilities (FPSOs) and Floating Storage Units (FSUs), the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution; and

2. INVITES Member Governments to give due consideration to the Guidelines, as amended, when implementing the requirements prescribed in regulation 12A of the revised MARPOL Annex I.

Annex.

1. The table in annex 1 to the Guidelines for the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to FPSOs and FSUs is amended as follows:

.1 Insert an additional row below regulation 12 as follows: