RESOLUTION MEPC.286(71)
(adopted on 7 July 2017)
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1997 TO AMEND THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973, AS
MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI
(Designation
of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea Emission Control Areas for NOX
Tier III control)
(Information
to be included in the bunker delivery note)
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 from ships,
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocols of 1978
and 1997 relating thereto (MARPOL), which specifies the amendment procedure and
confers upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of
considering and adopting amendments thereto,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-first session, proposed
amendments to MARPOL Annex VI concerning the designation of the Baltic Sea and
the North Sea Emission Control Areas for NOX Tier III control and
the information to be included in the bunker delivery note,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article
16(2)(d) of MARPOL, amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, the text of which is set out
in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article
16(2)(f)(iii) of MARPOL, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 July 2018 unless prior to that date, not less than one third of
the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not
less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have
communicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties to note that, in
accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of MARPOL, the said amendments shall enter
into force on 1 January 2019 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for
the purposes of article 16(2)(e) of MARPOL, to transmit certified copies of the
present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all
Parties to MARPOL;
5 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General
to transmit copies of the present resolution and its annex to Members of the
Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO MARPOL ANNEX VI
(Designation of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea Emission Control
Areas for NOX Tier III control)
(Information to be included in the bunker delivery note)
ANNEX VI
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
Regulation 13
Nitrogen oxides (NOX)
1 In paragraph 5.1
after the words "an emission control area designated for Tier III NOX
control under paragraph 6 of this regulation" insert the words "(NOX
Tier III emission control area)".
2 The existing
text of paragraph 5.1.2 is replaced by the following:
.2 that ship is
constructed on or after:
.1 1 January 2016 and
is operating in the North American Emission Control Area or the United States
Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area;
.2 1 January 2021 and
is operating in the Baltic Sea Emission Control Area or the North Sea Emission
Control Area;
3 Between
paragraph 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 the word "when" is deleted.
4 In paragraph
5.1.3 the words "an emission control area designated for Tier III NOX
control under paragraph 6 of this regulation" are replaced by
"a NOX Tier III emission control area".
5 In paragraph
5.2.3 the word "convention" is replaced by "Convention" and
the expression "24 m" is replaced by "24 metres".
6 Insert new
paragraphs 5.4 and 5.5, as follows:
"5.4 Emissions of
nitrogen oxides from a marine diesel engine subject to paragraph 5.1 of this
regulation that occur immediately following building and sea trials of a newly
constructed ship, or before and following converting, repairing, and/or maintaining
the ship, or maintenance or repair of a Tier II engine or a dual fuel engine
when the ship is required to not have gas fuel or gas cargo on board due to
safety requirements, for which activities take place in a shipyard or other
repair facility located in a NOX Tier III emission control area are
temporarily exempted provided the following conditions are met:
.1 the engine meets the
Tier II NOX limits; and