This document has been revoked by resolution MEPC.350(78)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 23 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that the
attained EEXI shall be calculated taking into account the guidelines developed by the
Organization,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
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
the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index
(EEXI),
1 ADOPTS the 2021 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained
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 23 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.