MEPC 79/15/Add.1Annex 5,page 1ANNEX 5RESOLUTION MEPC.363(79)(adopted on 16 December 2022)AMENDMENTS TO THE 2012 GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREGIONAL RECEPTION FACILITIES PLAN (RESOLUTION MEPC.221(63))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,NOTING resolution MEPC.221(63),by which it adopted the 2012 Guidelines for thedevelopment of a Regional Reception Facilities Plan(2012 Guidelines),NOTING ALSO resolutions MEPC.359(79),MEPC.360(79)and MEPC.362(79),by which itadopted amendments to MARPOL Annexes I,ll,IV,V and V,respectively,to provide forregional arangements as an acceptable way to satisfy MARPOL obligations to provide portreception facilities for States the coastline of which borders on Arctic waters,provided thatregional arrangements shall cover only ports within Arctic waters of those States,where aRegional Reception Facilities Plan has been developed taking into account the Guidelinesdeveloped by the Organization,RECOGNIZING the need to align the relevant provisions of the 2012 Guidelines with theabove-mentioned amendments to MARPOL Annexes 1,Il,IV,V and VI,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its seventy-ninth session,proposed amendments to the 2012Guidelines,ADOPTS amendments to the 2012 Guidelines for the development of a RegionalReception Facilities Plan,the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;2INVITES Governments to apply the 2012 Guidelines,as amended,when consideringthe development of a Regional Reception Facilities Plan,upon the entry into force of theamendments to MARPOL Annexes I,Il,IV,V and VI on regional reception facilities withinArctic waters.I:MEPC79MEPC 79-15-Add.1.docx
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