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 the international conventions
for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
NOTING that regulation D-3.2 of
the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships'
Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 provides that ballast water management
systems that make use of Active Substances or Preparations containing
one or more Active Substances used to comply with this Convention,
shall be approved by the Organization based on a Procedure developed
by the Organization,
NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.126(53) by
which the Committee adopted the Procedure for Approval of ballast
water management systems that make use of Active Substances (G9),
NOTING FURTHER that by resolution
MEPC.126(53), the Committee resolved to keep the Procedure
(G9) under review in the light of experience gained,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its fifty-seventh session, the recommendation
made by the Ballast Water Review Group,
1 ADOPTS the revised Procedure for approval of
ballast water management systems that make use of Active Substances
(G9), as set out in the Annex to this resolution;
2 INVITES Member Governments to give due consideration
to the revised Procedure (G9) when evaluating ballast water management
systems that make use of Active Substances before the submission of
proposals for approval to the Committee;
3 AGREES to keep the revised Procedure (G9) under
review in the light of experience gained;
4 URGES Member Governments to bring the aforementioned
Procedure to the attention of manufacturers of ballast water management
systems and other parties concerned with a view to encouraging its
use;