This document has been revoked by resolution MEPC.351(78)
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 that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.328(76), the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI, which is expected to enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon its deemed
acceptance on 1 May 2022,
NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 revised MARPOL Annex
VI contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and
operational measures to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation 5 (Surveys) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires that ships
to which chapter 4 applies shall also be subject to survey and certification taking into
account guidelines developed by the Organization,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOLAnnex
VI require relevant guidelines for uniform and effective implementation of
the regulations and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-sixth session, draft 2021 Guidelines on survey and
certification of the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI),
1 ADOPTS the 2021 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency
Existing Ship Index (EEXI), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account when developing and
enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements set forth in regulation 5 of
MARPOL Annex VI;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the
attention of masters, seafarers, shipowners, ship operators and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review in light of experience gained
with their implementation and in light of the review of EEXI regulations to be completed
by the Organization by 1 January 2026 as identified in regulation 25.3 of MARPOL Annex
VI.