MEPC.329(76)

RESOLUTION MEPC.329(76)(adopted on 17 June 2021)AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THEPREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS,1973,AS MODIFIED BY THEPROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETOAmendments to MARPOL Annex I(Prohibition on the use and carriage for use as fuel of heavy fuel oilby ships in Arctic waters)THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,RECALLING Article 38(a)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon itby international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,RECALLING ALSO article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollutionfrom Ships,1973,as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL),whichspecifies the amendment procedure and confers upon the appropriate body of theOrganization the function of considering and adopting amendments thereto,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its seventy-sixth session,proposed amendments to MARPOLAnnex I conceming the prohibition on the use and carriage for use as fuel of heavy fuel oil byships in Arctic waters,which were circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a)of MARPOL,ADOPTS,in accordance with article 16(2)(d)of MARPOL,amendments to MARPOLAnnex I.the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution:DETERMINES,in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii)of MARPOL,that theamendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 May 2022 unless prior to that datenot less than one third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of whichconstitute not less than 50%of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet havecommunicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments;3INVITES the Parties to note that,in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii)of MARPOL,the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 November 2022 upon their acceptance inaccordance with paragraph 2 above;4REQUESTS the Secretary-General,for the purposes of article 16(2)(e)of MARPOL,to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments containedin the annex to all Parties to MARPOL;5REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the presentresolution and its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.