MEPC.391(81)？-？2024？Guidelines？on？life？cycle？GHG？intensity？of？marine？fuels？(2024？LCA？Guidelines)

MEPC 81/16/Add.1Annex 10,page 1ANNEX 10RESOLUTION MEPC.391(81)(adopted on 22 March 2024)2024 GUIDELINES ON LIFE CYCLE GHG INTENSITY OF MARINE FUELS(2024 LCA GUIDELINES)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 that,at its eightieth session,it adopted,by resolution MEPC.377(80).the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships(2023 IMO GHG Strategy)setting out the levels of ambition for the international shipping sector in reducing GHGemissions.RECALLING FURTHER that,at its eightieth session,it also adopted,by resolutionMEPC.376(80),Guidelines on life cycle GHG intensity of marine fuels (LCA Guidelines);NOTING that the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy provides that the levels of ambition and indicativecheckpoints set out therein should take into account the well-to-wake GHG emissions ofmarine fuels as addressed in the LCA Guidelines,NOTING ALSO that the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy provides that the basket of candidatemid-term GHG reduction measures should take into account the well-to-wake GHG emissionsof marine fuels as addressed in the LCA Guidelines,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its eighty-first session,draft 2024 Guidelines on life cycle GHGintensity of marine fuels,1ADOPTS the 2024 Guidelines on life cycle GHG intensity of marine fuels(2024 LCAGuidelines),as set out in the annex to the present resolution;2AGREES that any regulatory application and implications of the 2024 LCA Guidelinesshould be determined by the Committee in the process of developing regulatoryprovisions,3REQUESTS Member Governments to bring the annexed Guidelines to the attentionof shipowners,ship operators,shipbuilders,ship designers,energy companies,fuelproducers,bunkering companies,engine manufacturers and any other interestedparties;AGREES to keep these Guidelines under review in light of experience gained withtheir implementation;REVOKES the LCA Guidelines adopted by resolution MEPC.376(80).I:MEPC81MEPC 81-16-Add.1.docx