1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-first session (27 September to 1 October 2010), approved
the Framework for determining when a Basic Approval granted to one
ballast water management system may be applied to another system that
uses the same Active Substance or Preparation developed by the BLG
Sub-Committee at its fourteenth session (8 to 12 February 2010), as
set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring this
circular to the attention of all parties concerned.