Council Decision (EU) 2024/990 of 20 March 2024 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization during the 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee and the 108th session of the Maritime Safety Committee on the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), to the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code), to the International Code of the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code), to the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code) and to the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to:
(a)
Article V of Protocol I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), as set out in the Annex to IMO document MEPC 81/3/1; and
(b)
Annex VI to MARPOL on low-flashpoint fuels and other fuel oil related issues, on accessibility of the data in the IMO Ship Fuel Consumption Database (IMO DCS), and on the inclusion of data on transport work, and on an enhanced level of granularity, in the IMO DCS, as regards Regulations 2, 14, 18 and 27, and Appendices I and IX, as set out in the Annex to IMO document MEPC 81/3/2.
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 108th session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to:
(a)
Chapters II-1, II-2 and V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as set out in Annexes 1 and 2 to IMO document MSC 108/3;
(b)
the International Code of Safety for Ships Using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code), as set out in Annex 3 to IMO document MSC 108/3;
(c)
the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code), as set out in Annex 5 to IMO document MSC 108/3;
(d)
the International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code, as set out in Annex 6 to IMO document MSC 108/3;
(e)
the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code) as set out in Annex 7 to IMO document MSC 108/3; and,
(f)
Section A-VI/1 of the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code, as set out in the Annex to IMO document MSC 108/3/2.
1. The positions to be taken on the Union’s behalf as set out in Articles 1 and 2 cover the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and to the extent that they may affect Union common rules. They 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 as set out in Articles 1 and 2 may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.
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.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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