MEPC.1-Circ.795-Rev.8-UnifiedInterpretationsToMarpolAnnexVi(Secretariat)

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fa:+44(0)2075873210MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.824July2023UNIFIED INTERPRETATIONS TO MARPOL ANNEX VI1The Marine Environment Protection Committee,at its eightieth session(3 to 7 July 2023),approved unified interpretations to regulations 18.5 and 18.6 of MARPOLAnnex VI,concerning electronic bunker delivery notes.2 The updated consolidated text of all existing unified interpretations toMARPOL Annex VI,including those set out in circular MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.7,is set outin the annex.3The regulation numbers in the annexed unified interpretations refer tothe 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI,as adopted by resolution MEPC.328(76),which enteredinto force on 1 November 2022,as amended by resolutions MEPC.361(79)and MEPC.362(79)which will enter into force on 1 May 2024.4 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.5This circular revokes MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.7.I:CIRCMEPC1MEPC.1-Circ 795-Rev.8.docxMARPOL AT 50OUR COMMITMENT GOES ON