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,
RECALLING ALSO that it 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 aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI entered into force on 1 January 2013,
NOTING ALSO that regulation 20 (Attained Energy Efficiency Design Index
(attained EEDI)) of MARPOL Annex
VI, as amended, requires that the EEDI shall be calculated taking into
account the guidelines developed by the Organization,
NOTING the 2012 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained
Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, adopted by resolution MEPC.212(63), and, the amendments thereto, adopted by resolution MEPC.224(64),
NOTING FURTHER that it adopted, by resolution MEPC.245(66), the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of the
attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, and by resolution
MEPC.263(68), amendments thereto,
RECOGNIZING that the aforementioned amendments to MARPOL Annex
VI require relevant guidelines for the smooth and uniform implementation of
the regulations,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventieth session, proposed amendments to the 2014
Guidelines on the method of calculation of the attained Energy Efficiency Design
Index (EEDI) for new ships, as amended,
1 ADOPTS amendments to the 2014 Guidelines on the method of calculation of
the attained Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, as amended, as
set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Administrations to take the aforementioned amendments into account
when developing and enacting national laws which give force to and implement provisions
set forth in regulation 20 of MARPOL Annex
VI, as amended;
3 REQUESTS the Parties to MARPOL Annex
VI and other Member Governments to bring the amendments to the attention of
shipowners, ship operators, shipbuilders, ship designers and any other interested
parties;
4 AGREES to keep these Guidelines, as amended, under review, in the light of experience
gained with their implementation.