1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its seventy-eighth
session (6 to 10 June 2022), approved a unified interpretation to appendix I to the
BWM
Convention (Form of International Ballast Water Management Certificate)
concerning the principal ballast water management method(s) employed on the
ship.
2 The updated consolidated text of all existing unified interpretations
to the BWM Convention, including those set out in BWM.2/Circ.66/Rev.2, is set out in
the annex.
3 Member Governments and international organizations are invited to apply
the annexed unified interpretations to the BWM
Convention and bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.
4 This circular revokes BWM.2/Circ.66/Rev.2.