The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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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 the international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

 RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships held in May 2009 adopted the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (the Hong Kong Convention) together with six Conference resolutions,

 NOTING that regulations 17.1 and 19 of the annex to the Hong Kong Convention require that Ship Recycling Facilities shall establish management systems, procedures and techniques which do not pose health risks to the workers or to the population in the vicinity of the Ship Recycling Facility and which will prevent, reduce, minimize and to the extent practicable eliminate adverse effects on the environment caused by Ship Recycling, taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,

 NOTING ALSO that regulation 18 of the annex to the Hong Kong Convention requires that Ship Recycling Facilities shall prepare a Ship Recycling Facility Plan, addressing worker safety and training; protection of human health and the environment; roles and responsibilities of personnel; emergency prepardness and response; and monitoring, reporting and record-keeping systems, taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization,

 NOTING FURTHER that regulations 20.2 and 22 of the annex to the Hong Kong Convention require that Ship Recycling Facilities shall ensure that all Hazardous Materials are identified, labelled, packaged and removed to the maximum extent possible prior to cutting, and shall also ensure that all workers at the Ship Recycling Facility have been provided with appropriate training and familiarization prior to performing any Ship Recycling operation, taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization,

 BEARING IN MIND that the International Conference on the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, in its resolution 4, invited the Organization to develop Guidelines for global, uniform and effective implementation and enforcement of the relevant requirements of the Convention as a matter of urgency,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-third session, the draft 2012 Guidelines for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling developed by the Working Group on Ship Recycling,

  1 ADOPTS the 2012 Guidelines for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling, as set out in the annex to this resolution;

  2 INVITES Governments to bring the Guidelines to the attention of ship recycling facilities and to encourage their application as soon as possible; and to apply them when the Hong Kong Convention becomes applicable to them; and

  3 REQUESTS the Committee to keep the Guidelines under review.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.210(63) – 2012 Guidelines for Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling – (Adopted on 2 March 2012)
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