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

 NOTING that, at its forty-ninth session, the Committee approved the Guidelines for the application of MARPOL Annex I requirements for FPSOs and FSUs which were issued as MEPC/Circ.406 on 10 November 2003,

 NOTING ALSO that, at the same session, the Committee recognized that similar guidelines would be needed for the revised MARPOL Annex I and instructed the Secretariat to prepare a draft MEPC resolution for the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to FPSOs and FSUs,

 BEING AWARE that the revised MARPOL Annex I was adopted by resolution MEPC.117(52) and is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2007,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its fifty-third session, the recommendation submitted by the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases to adopt the revised Guidelines, as adapted to the layout and numbering of the revised MARPOL Annex I,

  1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for the application of the revised MARPOL Annex I requirements to FPSOs and FSUs, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this resolution; and

  2. INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines as soon as the revised Annex I enters into force.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.139(53) - Guidelines for the Application of the Revised MARPOL Annex I Requirements to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Facilities (FPSOs) and Floating Storage Units (FSUs) - (Adopted on 22 July 2005)
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