MEPC.1-Circ.795-Rev.6？-？Unified？Interpretations？To？Marpol？Annex？VI

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fax:+44(0)2075873210MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.610June2022UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS TO MARPOL ANNEX VI1The Marine Environment Protection Committee,at its seventy-eighth session(6 to 10 June 2022),approved unified interpretations to regulation 18.3 of MARPOL Annex VIconcerning the use of biofuels.2The updated consolidated text of all existing unified interpretations toMARPOL Annex VI,including those set out in circular MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.5,are set out inthe annex.3The regulation numbers in the annexed unified interpretations refer tothe 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI,as adopted by resolution MEPC.328(76),which wasaccepted on 1 May 2022 in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(ii)of MARPOL and which will enterinto force on 1 November 2022.Member Governments are invited to apply the annexed unified interpretations toMARPOL Annex VI,as appropriate,and bring them to the attention of all Parties concerned.Member Governments are also invited to note MEPC.1/Circ.897 setting out cross-reference tables between the 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex V/and the previous MARPOLAnnex VI.6This circular revokes MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.5.I:CIRCMEPC.1-Circ.795-Rev.6.docxSHIPPING