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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,

 NOTING resolution MEPC.52(32) by which the Committee adopted regulations 13F and 13G and related amendments to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78,

 NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.66(37) by which the Committee adopted the Interim Guidelines for the approval of alternative methods of design and construction of oil tankers under regulation 13F(5) of annex I of MARPOL 73/78,

 NOTING FURTHER that by resolution MEPC.66(37), the Committee resolved to keep the Interim Guidelines under review and to develop final guidelines in the light of experience,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its forty-ninth session, the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases,

  1. ADOPTS the Revised Interim Guidelines for the approval of alternative methods of design and construction of oil tankers under regulation 13F(5) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Member Governments to give due consideration to the Revised Interim Guidelines when evaluating other methods of design and construction of oil tankers as alternatives to the requirements prescribed in regulation 13F(5) of annex I of MARPOL 73/78 for submission of such designs to the Committee for approval;

  3. AGREES to keep the Revised Interim Guidelines under review in the light of experience gained;

  4. INVITES the Maritime Safety Committee to note the Revised Interim Guidelines;

  5. URGES Member Governments to bring the aforementioned Revised Interim Guidelines to the attention of shipbuilders, shipowners, ship operators and other parties concerned with the design, construction and operation of oil tankers with a view to encouraging their use for oil tankers constructed on or after 1 April 2005;

  6. REVOKES resolution MEPC.66(37).

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.110(49) - Revised Interim Guidelines for the Approval of Alternative Methods of Design and Construction of Oil Tankers Under Regulation 13F(5) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 - (adopted on 18 July 2003)
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