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 conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO that Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, provides regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships,

RECALLING FURTHER that, at its sixty-second session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.201(62), the revised MARPOL Annex V, which was further amended by resolutions MEPC.216(63), MEPC.246(66), MEPC.265(68) and MEPC.277(70),

NOTING that, at its sixty-third session, it adopted, by resolution MEPC.216(63), the 2012 Guidelines for the implementation of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 (2012 Guidelines) which were further amended by resolution MEPC.239(65),

RECOGNIZING the need to align the relevant provisions of the 2012 Guidelines with the above-mentioned amendments to MARPOL Annex V, and relevant requirements of the International Code for ships operating in polar waters (Polar Code), adopted by resolution MEPC.264(68),

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-first session, draft 2017 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V,

1 ADOPTS the 2017 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V, the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution;

2 INVITES Governments to take the 2017 Guidelines into account when implementing the provisions of MARPOL Annex V;

3 REVOKES the 2012 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.219(63), as amended by resolution MEPC.239(65)).

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.295(71) - 2017 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V - (adopted on 7 July 2017)
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