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 (hereafter "the Committee") conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO that at its sixty-first session, the Committee adopted the 2010 Guidelines for monitoring the worldwide average sulphur content of fuel oils supplied for use on board ships by resolution MEPC.192(61), which were subsequently amended by resolution MEPC.273(69),

RECALLING FURTHER that, at its seventieth session, the Committee adopted resolution MEPC.280(70), Effective date of implementation of the fuel oil standard in regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex VI, confirming "1 January 2020" as the effective date of implementation for ships to comply with global 0.50% m/m sulphur content of fuel oil requirement,

RECOGNIZING the need to revise the 2010 Guidelines for monitoring the worldwide average sulphur content of fuel oils supplied for use on board ships resulting from the entry into force of the 0.50% m/m sulphur content limit on 1 January 2020 and the potential types of fuel oils which would be used to comply with this limit,

NOTING that regulation 14.2 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that the worldwide average sulphur content of residual fuel oil supplied for use on board ships shall be monitored taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-fifth session, the recommendation made by the Secretariat,

1 ADOPTS the 2020 Guidelines for monitoring the worldwide average sulphur content of fuel oils supplied for use on board ships, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 URGES Member Governments and interested organizations to make available the resources and expertise necessary for the implementation of the Guidelines;

3 INSTRUCTS the Secretariat to use the method set out in these Guidelines when monitoring the annual worldwide average sulphur content of fuel oils supplied for use on board ships; and

4 REVOKES the Guidelines adopted by resolution MEPC.192(61) as amended, as from this date.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.326(75) - 2020 Guidelines for Monitoring the Worldwide Average Sulphur Content of Fuel Oils Supplied for Use on Board Ships - (adopted on 20 November 2020)
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