Council Decision (EU) 2015/1534 of 7 May 2015 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the International Maritime Organization during the 68th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee and the 95th session of the Maritime Safety Committee on the adoption of amendments to MARPOL, SOLAS and the 2009 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems
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The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union at the 68th session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee shall be to agree to the adoption of: (i) the amendments to Annexes I and II to MARPOL as laid down in Annex 11 to IMO Document MEPC 67/20; (ii) the amendments to the 2009 Guidelines for exhaust gas cleaning systems as laid down in Annex 1 to IMO Document PPR 2/21.
The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union at the 95th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to β SOLAS Regulation II-2/20.3.1.2.1 as laid down in Annex 11 to IMO Document MSC 94/21/add.1.
The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union as set out in Articles 1 and 2 shall be expressed by the Member States, which are members of the IMO, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.
Formal and minor changes to the positions referred to in Articles 1 and 2 may be agreed without requiring those positions to be amended.
Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interest of the Union, by the amendments referred to in Articles 1 and 2, to the extent that they fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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