This document has been consolidated into MARPOL
                     
                     
                     
                     Regulation 2 – Definitions 
                     
                     
                     
                     1 Paragraph 42 is replaced by the following: 
                     
                     
                     
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                           "42 Polar Code
                                 means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, consisting
                              of an introduction, parts I-A and II-A and parts I-B and II-B, adopted by
                              resolutions MSC.385(94) and MEPC.264(68), as may be amended, provided that: 
                            
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                                 .1 amendments to the environment-related provisions of the introduction
                                    and chapter 1 of part II-A of the Polar Code are adopted, brought into force and
                                    take effect in accordance with the provisions of article 16 of the
                                    present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to an
                                    appendix to an annex; and 
                                  
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                                 .2 amendments to part II-B of the Polar Code are adopted by the Marine Environment
                                    Protection Committee in accordance with its Rules of Procedure." 
                                  
 
2 A new paragraph 51 is added as follows: 
                     
                     
                     
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                           "51 Electronic Record Book means a device or system, approved by the
                              Administration, used to electronically record the required entries for
                              discharges, transfers and other operations as required under this Annex in lieu
                              of a hard copy record book." 
                            
Regulation 12 – Ozone-depleting substances 
                     
                     
                     
                     3 In the second sentence of paragraph 6, the words "recording system" are replaced by
                        "record bookfootnote". 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     4 A new sentence is inserted at the end of paragraph 6 as follows: 
                     
                     
                     
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                           "An electronic recording system referred to in regulation 12.6, as adopted by
                              resolution MEPC.176(58), shall be considered an
                              electronic record book, provided the electronic recording system is approved by
                              the Administration on or before the first International Air Pollution Prevention
                              (IAPP) Certificate renewal survey carried out on or after 1 October 2020, but
                              not later than 1 October 2025, taking into account the Guidelines developed by
                              the Organizationfootnote" 
                            
Regulation 13 – Nitrogen oxides (NOX) 
                     
                     
                     
                     5 In paragraph 5.3, the words "or electronic record bookfootnote, " are inserted after the words "shall be recorded in such
                        logbook".
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     Regulation 14 – Sulphur oxides (SOX) and particulate matter
                           
                     
                     
                     
                     6 In the last sentence of paragraph 6, the words "or electronic record bookfootnote," are inserted after the words "shall be recorded in such
                        logbook". 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     Regulation 19 – Application 
                     
                     
                     
                     7 In the last sentence of paragraph 3, the words "cargo ships having ice-breaking
                        capability" are replaced by the words "category A ships as defined in the Polar
                           Code". 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     Appendix I 
                     
                     
                     
                     Form of International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificate (Regulation 8)
                           
                     
                     
                     
                     8 In the introductory paragraph of Appendix I, the words "by resolution MEPC.176(58) in 2008" are deleted. 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     Appendix VIII 
                     
                     
                     
                     Form of International Energy Efficiency (IEE) Certificate 
                     
                     
                     
                     9 In the introductory paragraph, the words "by resolution MEPC.203(62)" are deleted. 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     Appendix X 
                     
                     
                     
                     Form of Statement of Compliance – Fuel Oil Consumption Reporting 
                     
                     
                     
                     10 In the introductory paragraph, the word "by" between "Pollution" and "Ships" in the
                        first sentence is replaced by the word "from".