Council Decision (EU) 2022/2078 of 24 October 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 106th session and within the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee during its 79th session as regards the amendment of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), of the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (the ‘2011 ESP Code’) and of Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2022/2078
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) during its 106th session (‘MSC 106’) shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendment of Chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), as set out in Annex 1 to IMO document MSC 106/3, and of the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (the ‘2011 ESP Code’), as set out in Annex 5 to IMO document MSC 106/3.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO during its 79th session (‘MEPC 79’) shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendment of Regulation 14 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and of Appendix VII of Annex VI to MARPOL, as set out in the Annex to IMO document MEPC 79/3/2, and to the adoption of the amendment of Appendix IX of Annex VI to MARPOL, as set out in the Annex to IMO document MEPC 79/3/3.

Article 3

1.   The positions to be taken on behalf of the Union specified in this Decision cover the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and are capable of affecting Union common rules. Those positions shall be expressed by the Member States, which are all members of the IMO, acting jointly in the interests of the Union.

2.   Minor changes to the positions referred to in Articles 1 and 2 may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.

Article 4

Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interests of the Union, by the amendments referred to in Articles 1 and 2, to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.