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9 PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
9.1 The Committee recalled that the Conference of Parties to MARPOL 73/78 was held in Septemher 1997, and thc Protocol of 1997 to amend MARPOL 73/78 to add new Annex VI on Regulations on the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships was adopted. The Conference also adopted eight Conference resolutions, including resolution 2 which provides the NOx Technical Code.
9.2 At its last session, the Committee agreed that all items called for by the MP Conference resolutions should be included in the list of follow-up action and, furthermore, agreed that:
.1 the draft MEPC Circular on Interim Guidelines for the application of the NOx Technicai Code should further be considered at MEPC 42; and
.2 the DE, FP and FSI Sub-Committees should be instructed to deal with technical matters relating to the NOx Technical Code, guidelines on representative samples of the fuel, the matter relating to the use of PFCs and introduction of the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification.
9.3 The Committee agreed that matters under this agenda item should be considered in the following order:
.1 progress report by the Secretriat;
.2 matters related to reduction of CO2 emissions;
.3 draft MEPC circular on Interim Guidelines for the application of the NOx Technical Code;
.4 guidelines for monitoring sulphur content of residual fuels; and
.5 vapour recovery systems.
Progress report by the Secretariat
9.4 The Committee considered the progress report prepared by the Secretariat on the follow-up activities as set out in document MEPC 42/9/1.
Communication with UNFCCC
9.5 As instructed by the Committee at its last session, the Secretariat informed the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of the outcome of the Committee's considerations during MEPC 41 and invited it to submit information and principles for the reporting of CO2 emissions. The Committee noted the following information provided by the UNFCCC Secretariat:
.1 the UNFCCC had submitted a copy of "the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories of the Intergovemmental Panel on Climate Change to Estimate and Report on Anthropogenic Emissions by Sources and Removal by Sinks of Greenhouse Gases not Controlled by the Montreal Protocol", which has to be followed by Parties to the Kyoto Protocol when reporting;
