MEPC.348(78)-2022GuidelinesforAdministrationVerificationofShipFuelOilConsumptionDataandOperationalCarbonIntensity

MEPC 78/17/Add.1Annex 10,page 1ANNEX 10RESOLUTION MEPC.348(78)(adopted on 10 June 2022)2022 GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTRATION VERIFICATION OF SHIP FUEL OILCONSUMPTION DATA AND OPERATIONAL CARBON INTENSITYTHE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,RECALLING Article 38(a)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee)conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollutionfrom ships,NOTING that the Committee adopted,by resolution MEPC.328(76),the 2021 RevisedMARPOL Annex VI,which will enter into force on 1 November 2022,NOTING IN PARTICULAR that the 2021 Revised MARPOL Annex VI(MARPOL Annex VI)contains amendments concerning mandatory goal-based technical and operational measuresto reduce carbon intensity of international shipping,NOTING ALSO that regulation 27.7 of MARPOL Annex VI requires that ship fuel oilconsumption data be verified according to procedures established by the Administration,takinginto account guidelines developed by the Organization,NOTING FURTHER that regulation 28.6 of MARPOL Annex VI specifies that the attainedannual operational Cll shall be documented and verified against the required annualoperational Cll to determine operational carbon intensity rating,taking into account theguidelines developed by the Organization,RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex VI require relevantguidelines for uniform and effective implementation of the regulations and to provide sufficientlead time for industry to prepare,NOTING that the Committee,at its seventy-first session,adopted,by resolutionMEPC.292(71),the 2017 Guidelines for Administration verification of ship fuel oil consumptiondata,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its seventy-eighth session,draft 2022 Guidelines forAdministration verification of ship fuel oil consumption data and operational carbon intensity,ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for Administration verification of ship fuel oilconsumption data and operational carbon intensity,as set out in the annex to the presentresolution;2INVITES Administrations to take the annexed Guidelines into account whendeveloping and enacting national laws which give force to and implement requirements setforth in regulation 27 of MARPOL Annex VI;I:MEPC78MEPC 78-17-Add.1.docx