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The Marine Environment Protection Committee

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

NOTING that regulation 1.6.1 of Annex IV of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL), defines the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under the said Annex,

NOTING ALSO the definition of Special Area under MARPOL Annex IV, i.e. a sea area where for recognized technical reasons in relation to its oceanographical and ecological condition and to the particular character of its traffic the adoption of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea pollution by sewage is required,

NOTING FURTHER the information provided to the Committee, at its sixty-eighth session, by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, and, at its sixty-ninth session, by the Russian Federation, representing the MARPOL Parties bordering the Baltic Sea Special Area, regarding reception facilities provided within the said Special Area, in accordance with regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex IV,

HAVING CONSIDERED the date on which the discharge requirements of regulation 11.3 of MARPOL Annex IV in respect of the Baltic Sea Special Area shall take effect,

1 DECIDES that, in accordance with the requirements set out in regulation 13.2 of MARPOL Annex IV, the discharge requirements for Special Areas in regulation 11.3 of MARPOL Annex IV for the Baltic Sea Special Area shall take effect on:

  • .1 1 June 2019 for new passenger ships;

  • .2 1 June 2021 for existing passenger ships other than those specified in paragraph 1.3 below; and

  • .3 1 June 2023 for existing passenger ships en route directly to or from a port located outside the special area and to or from a port located east of longitude 28˚10' E within the special area that do not make any other port calls within the special area;

2 ENCOURAGES Member Governments, industry groups and other stakeholders concerned to comply immediately on a voluntary basis with the Special Area requirements for the Baltic Sea Special Area;

3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General to notify, in conformity with regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex IV, all Parties to MARPOL of the aforementioned decision by 30 September 2016;

4 FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to notify all Members of the Organization of the aforementioned decision.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.275(69) – Establishment of the Date on which Regulation 11.3 of MARPOL Annex IV in Respect of the Baltic Sea Special Area Shall Take Effect – (Adopted on 22 April 2016)
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