The annex of this document has been consolidated into resolution MEPC.127(53)
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,
RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on Ballast Water Management for
Ships held in February 2004 adopted the International Convention for the Control and
Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the Ballast Water Management
Convention) together with four Conference resolutions,
NOTING that regulation A-2 of the Ballast Water Management Convention requires that
discharge of ballast water shall only be conducted through ballast water management
in accordance with the provisions of the Annex to the Convention,
NOTING FURTHER that regulation B-1 of the Annex to the Ballast Water Management
Convention provides that each ship shall have on board and implement a ballast water
management plan approved by the Administration, taking into account Guidelines
developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that, at its fifty-third session, the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.127(53), the Guidelines for ballast water management
and development of ballast water management plans (G4),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, proposed amendments to the
Guidelines (G4),
1 ADOPTS amendments to the Guidelines for ballast water management and development
of ballast water management plans, as set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines, as amended, as soon as possible;
3 AGREES to keep the Guidelines, as amended, under review.