MEPC.357(78)-2022GuidelinesforInspectionofAnti-FoulingSystemsonShips

MEP℃78/17/Add.1Annex 20,page 1ANNEX 20RESOLUTION MEPC.357(78)(adopted on 10 June 2022)2022 GUIDELINES FOR INSPECTION OF ANTI-FOULING SYSTEMS ON SHIPSTHE 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,RECALLING ALSO that the Intemational Conference on the Control of Harmful Anti-foulingSystems for Ships,2001,held in October 2001,adopted the International Convention on theControl of Hamful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,2001 (the AFS Convention)together withfour Conference resolutions,RECALLING FURTHER that article 11(1)of the AFS Convention prescribes that ships to whichthis Convention applies may,in any port,shipyard,or offshore terminal of a Party,be inspectedby officers authorized by that Party for the purpose of determining whether the ship is incompliance with this Convention,NOTING that article 3(3)of the AFS Convention prescribes that Parties to this Convention shallapply the requirements of this Convention as may be necessary to ensure that no morefavourable treatment is given to ships of non-Parties to this Convention,NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.208(62)by which the Committee adopted the 2011Guidelines for Inspection of Anti-fouling Systems on Ships,RECALLING FURTHER that at its seventy-sixth session it adopted amendments to the AFSConvention to introduce controls on cybutryne through resolution MEPC.331(76),RECOGNIZING the need for a consequential revision of the guidelines associated with theAFS Convention due to the aforementioned amendments,NOTING FURTHER that through resolutions MEPC.358(78)and MEPC.356(78)theOrganization adopted 2022 Guidelines for survey and certification of anti-fouling systems onships and 2022 Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems on ships,respectively,andHAVING CONSIDERED a revised text of the Guidelines for inspection of anti-fouling systemson ships prepared by the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response at its ninthsession,1ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for inspection of anti-fouling systems on ships (2022Guidelines),the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution;2INVITES Governments to apply the 2022 Guidelines when exercising port Statecontrol inspections;3RECOMMENDS that the 2022 Guidelines incorporated in the future revision ofresolution A.1155(32)on Procedures for port State control,2021;I:MEPC78MEPC 78-17.Add.1.docx