MEPC.358(78)-2022GuidelinesforSurveyandCertificationofAnti-FoulingSystemsonShips

MEP℃78/17/Add.1Annex 21,page 1ANNEX 21RESOLUTION MEPC.358(78)(adopted on 10 June 2022)2022 GUIDELINES FOR SURVEY AND CERTIFICATIONOF ANTI-FOULING SYSTEMS ON SHIPSTHE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEERECALLING Article 38(a)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon itby the international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on the Control of Hamful 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,NOTING that article 10 of the AFS Convention prescribes that ships shall be surveyed andcertified in accordance with the regulations of annex 4 of the Convention,NOTING ALSO that regulation 1(4)(a)of annex 4 of the AFS Convention refers to theguidelines to be developed by the Organization,NOTING FURTHER resolution MEPC.195(61)by which the Committee adopted the 2010Guidelines for survey and certification 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.356(78)and MEPC.357(78)theOrganization adopted 2022 Guidelines for brief sampling of anti-fouling systems on ships and2022 Guidelines for in spection of anti-fouling systems on ships,respectively,andHAVING CONSIDERED a revised text of the Guidelines for survey and certification ofanti-fouling systems on ships prepared by the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention andResponse at its ninth session,ADOPTS the 2022 Guidelines for survey and certification of anti-fouling systems onships(2022 Guidelines),the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution;2INVITES Governments to apply the 2022 Guidelines as soon as possible,or whenthe Convention becomes applicable to them;3RECOMMENDS that the Guidelines be reviewed on a regular basis;4REVOKES resolution MEPC.195(61).I:MEPC78MEPC 78-17-Add.1.docx