The Marine Environment Protection Committee,
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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,

 RECALLING ALSO that the Conference of Parties to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), held in September 1997, adopted the Protocol of 1997 to amend MARPOL 73/78 with a new Annex VI on the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships,

 NOTING that the 1997 Conference by resolution 2 adopted the Technical Code on Control of Emission of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from Marine Diesel Engines, which in paragraph 2.4.5 provides the option that on-board NOx verification procedures may be based on a NOx monitoring and recording device, approved by the Administration, based on Guidelines to be developed by the Organization,

 BEING AWARE that this requirement cannot be enforced before the entry into force of the Protocol of 1997,

 BEING AWARE ALSO of the need to develop relevant Guidelines before the entry into force of the Protocol of 1997 in preparation for the implementation of Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment at its forty-sixth session,

  1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for on-board NOx verification procedure - Direct measurement and monitoring method, as set out in the Annex to this resolution;

  2. INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines from the date of entry into force of the Protocol of 1997.

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.103(49) - Guidelines for On-Board NOx Verification Procedure - Direct Measurement and Monitoring Method - (adopted on 18 July 2003)
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