RESOLUTION MEPC.273(69)
(Adopted on 22 April 2016)
AMENDMENTS TO THE 2010 GUIDELINES FOR MONITORING THE WORLDWIDE
AVERAGE SULPHUR CONTENT OF FUEL OILS SUPPLIED FOR USE ON BOARD SHIPS
(RESOLUTION MEPC.192(61))
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 from ships,
RECALLING ALSO that revised MARPOL Annex VI entered into force on
1 July 2010,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution MEPC.192(61) by which the Committee adopted
the 2010 Guidelines for monitoring the worldwide average sulphur content of
fuel oils supplied for use on board ships (hereafter "the 2010
Guidelines"),
RECOGNIZING the need for certain clarifications of the 2010
Guidelines,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-ninth session, draft amendments to
the 2010 Guidelines,
1 ADOPTS amendments
to the 2010 Guidelines for monitoring the worldwide average sulphur content
of fuel oils supplied for use on board ships, as set out in the annex to
the present resolution;
2 URGES Member
Governments and international organizations to make available the resources and
expertise necessary for the implementation of the 2010 Guidelines, as amended,
from 1 January 2017; and
3 AGREES to keep the
2010 Guidelines, as amended, under review in light of experience gained with
their application.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE 2010 GUIDELINES FOR MONITORING THE WORLDWIDE
AVERAGE SULPHUR CONTENT OF FUEL OILS SUPPLIED FOR USE ON BOARD SHIPS
(RESOLUTION MEPC.192(61))
1 The last
sentence of paragraph 10 is replaced with the following:
"For the calculation of yearly average, any fuel oils less
than 0.05% of sulphur should be calculated as 0.03%."
2 Paragraph 12 is
replaced with the following:
"12 There are
presently four providers of sampling and testing services under these
Guidelines."
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