RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee conferred upon it by international conventions
for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO that, at its sixty-second session, the Committee
adopted, by resolution MEPC.203(62),
Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified
by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (inclusion of regulations
on energy efficiency for ships in MARPOL Annex
VI),
NOTING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI adopted at its sixty-second session, including a new chapter
4 for regulations on energy efficiency for ships, entered into force
on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that regulation 5 (Surveys) of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended, requires ships to
which chapter 4 applies shall also be subject to survey and certification
taking into account guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING FURTHER that, at its sixty-third session, the Committee
adopted, by resolution MEPC.214(63), 2012 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency
Design Index (EEDI), which were further amended at its sixty-fifth
session, by resolution MEPC.234(65),
RECOGNIZING that the amendments to MARPOL Annex VI requires the adoption of relevant
guidelines for smooth and uniform implementation of the regulations
and to provide sufficient lead time for industry to prepare,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its sixty-seventh session, proposed 2014 Guidelines on survey and certification of the Energy Efficiency
Design Index (EEDI),
1 ADOPTS the 2014 Guidelines on survey and
certification of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI),
as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the annexed
guidelines into account when developing and enacting national laws
which give force to and implement provisions set forth in regulation
5 of MARPOL Annex VI, as amended;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex VI and other Member Governments to
bring the annexed guidelines to the attention of shipowners, ship
operators shipbuilders, ship designers and any other interested groups;
4 AGREES to keep these guidelines under review
in light of the experience gained with their application; and