1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-fifth session, held from 9 to 13 October 2006, considered the required follow-up actions in technical and methodological perspective to resolution A.963(23) on IMO Policies and Practices Related to Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ships.

　

2 The Committee agreed to the following work plan with timetable in accordance with paragraph 2(b) of resolution A.963(23), having recognized that CO2 is the main greenhouse gas emitted by ships. The Committee will carry out its work in this regard taking into consideration the work plan with the timetable.

　

　

　

　

 Above work items should be conducted according to the following timetable.

　

　

　

 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,

　

 NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol") which together specify the amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),

　

 HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to regulation 1 of the revised Annex I to MARPOL 73/78, with a view to designating the Southern South African waters as a Special Area,

　

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the amendments to the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out at Annex to the present resolution;

　

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 September 2007, unless prior to that date, not less than one-third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objection to the amendments;

　

3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 March 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

　

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of the 1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex; and

　

5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78 copies of the present resolution and its Annex.

　

ANNEX

 A new subparagraph .10 is added to regulation 1.11 as follows: