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資料1.MEPC41/9、HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER、31 December 1997(英文)

 

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME

ORGANIZATION

MEPC 41/9

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31 December 1997

Original: ENGLISH

 

MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

COMMITTEE

 

41 st session

Agenda item 9

 

HARMFUL AQUATIC ORGANISMS IN BALLAST WATER

 

Report of the Working Group on Ballast Water

convened during MEPC 40

 

SUMMARY

Executive summary: The report reflects considerations and the outcome of the Ballast Water Working Group convened during the 40th session of the Committee. The Chairman of the Working Group presented an oral report to the Committee, together with the text of a draft Assembly resolution on ballast water control and management (MEPC 40/WP. 11) and the work program of the Group (MEPC 40/WP. 12). Both were adopted by the Committee (MEPC 40/21, section 10). This document further includes the draft regulations for the control and management of ships' ballast water to minimize the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens and the draft guidelines for their implementation for further review and completion by the Working Group.

 

Action to be taken: Paragraphs 46 and 47.

 

Related documents: MEPC 39/7, MEPC 40/9, MEPC 40/21.

 

Introduction

 

1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its fortieth session approved the report (MEPC 40/10) of its Ballast Water Working Group, which had met in conjunction with MEPC 39. It noted the progress made by the Working Group in preparing a draft resolution on ballast water for consideration and adoption by the 20th IMO Assembly, and requested the Working Group to finalize the draft resolution on the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens which should include advice on safety aspects prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment that has recently been issued as a joint MEPC/MSC Circular (MSC/Circ. 806, MEPC/Circ. 329 of 30 June 1997).

 

2 The Committee reconvened the Working Group and instructed it to:

 

.1 complete work on the draft Assembly resolution mentioned above;

 

.2 review the draft Regulations for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water to minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens (MEPC 39/7,annex 2);

 

 

 

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