MEPC52/WP.7（MEPC53/2,MEPC53/2/1,MEPC53/2/2）原文

　

　

MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION

COMMITTEE

53rd session

Agenda item 2

　

　

　

1 Regulation D-3 of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) stipulates that Ballast Water Management Systems used to comply with the Convention must be approved by the Administrations, taking into account Guidelines developed by the Organization.

　

2 Resolution 1 adopted by the International Conference on Ballast Water Management for Ships, held in February 2004, invited the Organization to develop the guidelines required under the Convention as a matter of urgency to facilitate global and uniform implementation of the instrument.

　

　

3 MEPC 51 noted the urgent need to finalize the Guidelines for approval of Ballast Water Management Systems to facilitate the review of technology required under regulation D-5 of the Convention and urged IMO Members to provide design and equipment expertise to ensure the timely adoption of these Guidelines.

　

4 During MEPC 52, the Ballast Water Working Group completed the development of the Guidelines, but could not reach consensus on the issue of biological efficacy of on board testing and agreed to keep the sections related to this matter in square brackets. The text of the Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8) contained in annex 1 of document MEPC 52/WP.7 was submitted to the Committee to allow an opt-in/opt-out decision with a view to approving, in principle, the Guidelines.

　

5 MEPC 52 noted the progress made, but was not in a position to approve the Guidelines as further consideration was needed on the issue of biological efficacy of onboard testing. The Committee agreed to ask DE 48 to consider the draft Guidelines as a top priority and provide comments to MEPC 53. The Committee invited further comments on biological efficacy from Members with a view to adopting the Guidelines at MEPC 53 by an MEPC resolution.

　

6 The Committee noted the general agreement on the rest of the provisions contained in the Guidelines and agreed that the text could be used by the manufacturers as guidance when further developing relevant technologies.

　

7 As instructed by the Committee, the Secretariat prepared a draft MEPC resolution on the Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems for consideration with a view to adoption by MEPC 53. In doing so the Secretariat has addressed the editorial changes suggested at the end of MEPC 52 and made a number of further changes to harmonize the format with previous MEPC resolutions and to ensure consistency with what has been decided.

　

8 Attached at the annex is the draft MEPC resolution together with the text of the draft Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8).

　

　

9 The Committee is invited to take note of the information provided in this document and to consider the draft Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems (G8) with a view to their adoption by the MEPC resolution.

　

　

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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 the international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

　

 RECALLING ALSO that the International Conference on Ballast Water Management for Ships held in February 2004 adopted the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (the Ballast Water Management Convention) together with four Conference resolutions,

　

 NOTING that regulation A-2 of the Ballast Water Management Convention requires that discharge of ballast water shall only be conducted through Ballast Water Management in accordance with the provisions of the Annex to the Convention,

　

 NOTING FURTHER that regulation D-3 of the Annex to the Ballast Water Management Convention provides that Ballast Water Management Systems used to comply with this Convention must be approved by the Administration, taking into account Guidelines developed by the Organization,

　

 NOTING ALSO that resolution 1 adopted by the International Conference on Ballast Water Management for Ships invites the Organization to develop these Guidelines as a matter of urgency,

　

 HAVING CONSIDERED the draft Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems developed by the Ballast Water Working Group,

　

1. ADOPTS the Guidelines for Approval of Ballast Water Management Systems, as set out in the annex to this resolution;

　

2. INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines as soon as possible, or when the Convention becomes applicable to them; and

　

3. AGREES to keep the Guidelines under review.