Mepc 202

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Annex 14, page 1
ANNEX 14
RESOLUTION MEPC.202(62)
Adopted on 15 July 2011
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1997 TO AMEND THE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM
SHIPS, 1973, AS MODIFIED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING THERETO
(Designation of the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area and
exemption of certain ships operating in the North American Emission Control Area
and the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area
under regulations 13 and 14 and Appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI)
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"), 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") and article 4 of the Protocol
of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (hereinafter referred to as
the "1997 Protocol"), which together specify the amendment procedure of the 1997 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 and 1997 Protocols,
NOTING ALSO that, by the 1997 Protocol, Annex VI entitled Regulations for the Prevention
of Air Pollution from Ships was added to the 1973 Convention (hereinafter referred to as
"Annex VI"),
NOTING FURTHER that the revised Annex VI was adopted by resolution MEPC.176(58) and
entered into force on 1 July 2010,
HAVING CONSIDERED draft amendments to the revised Annex VI,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the

amendments to Annex VI, 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 July 2012, 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 January 2013 upon
their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
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4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of

the 1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to the 1973 Convention, as modified by
the 1978 and 1997 Protocols, certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the
amendments contained in the Annex;
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of

the Organization which are not Parties to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978
and 1997 Protocols, copies of the present resolution and its Annex.
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Annex 14, page 3
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS 13 AND 14 AND APPENDIX VII

OF THE REVISED MARPOL ANNEX VI
1 Paragraph 6 of regulation 13 is replaced by the following:
"6 For the purpose of this regulation, emission control areas shall be:
.1 the North American area, which means the area described by the
coordinates provided in Appendix VII to this Annex;
.2 the United States Caribbean Sea area, which means the area
described by the coordinates provided in Appendix VII to this
Annex; and
.3 any other sea area, including any port area, designated by the
Organization in accordance with the criteria and procedures set
forth in Appendix III to this Annex."
2 Paragraph 7.3 of regulation 13 is amended to read as follows:
"7.3 With regard to a marine diesel engine with a power output of more
than 5,000 kW and a per cylinder displacement at or above 90 litres installed on a
ship constructed on or after 1 January 1990 but prior to 1 January 2000, the
International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate shall, for a marine diesel engine to
which paragraph 7.1 of this regulation applies, indicate that either an approved
method has been applied pursuant to paragraph 7.1.1 of this regulation or the
engine has been certified pursuant to paragraph 7.1.2 of this regulation or that an
approved method does not yet exist or is not yet commercially available as
described in paragraph 7.2 of this regulation."
"3 For the purpose of this regulation, emission control areas shall include:
.1 the Baltic Sea area as defined in regulation 1.11.2 of Annex I and

the North Sea area as defined in regulation 1.12.6 of Annex V;
.2 the North American area as described by the coordinates provided

in Appendix VII to this Annex;
.3 the United States Caribbean Sea area as described by the

coordinates provided in Appendix VII to this Annex; and
.4 any other sea area, including any port area, designated by the
Organization in accordance with the criteria and procedures set
forth in Appendix III to this Annex."
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4 A new subparagraph 4 is added to paragraph 4 of regulation 14 to read as follows:
".4 Prior to 1 January 2020, the sulphur content of fuel oil referred to in
paragraph 4 of this regulation shall not apply to ships operating in the North
American area or the United States Caribbean Sea area defined in
paragraph 3, built on or before 1 August 2011 that are powered by
propulsion boilers that were not originally designed for continued operation
on marine distillate fuel or natural gas."
"7 During the first twelve months immediately following entry into force of an
amendment designating a specific emission control area under paragraph 3 of this
regulation, ships operating in that emission control area are exempt from the
requirements in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this regulation and from the requirements of
paragraph 5 of this regulation insofar as they relate to paragraph 4 of this
regulation1."
1
The 12 month exemption provided by paragraph 7 will apply for the North American emission control area
until 1 August 2012.
The 12 month exemption provided by paragraph 7 will apply for the United States Caribbean Sea emission
control area until 1 January 2014.
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6 Appendix VII is amended as follows:
"Appendix VII
Emission Control Areas
(regulation 13.6 and regulation 14.3)
.1 The boundaries of emission control areas designated under

regulations 13.6 and 14.3, other than the Baltic Sea and the
North Sea areas, are set forth in this appendix.
.2 (Existing text for the North American area)
.3 The United States Caribbean Sea area includes:
.1 the sea area located off the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts
of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United
States Virgin Islands, enclosed by geodesic lines
connecting the following coordinates:
POINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE 28 18º 22′ 22″ N. 64º 38′ 23″ W.

1 17º 18′ 37″ N. 67º 32′ 14″ W. 29 18º 21′ 57″ N. 64º 40′ 60″ W.
2 19º 11′ 14″ N. 67º 26′ 45″ W. 30 18º 21′ 51″ N. 64º 40′ 15″ W.
3 19º 30′ 28″ N. 65º 16′ 48″ W. 31 18º 21′ 22″ N. 64º 38′ 16″ W.
4 19º 12′ 25″ N. 65º 6′ 8″ W. 32 18º 20′ 39″ N. 64º 38′ 33″ W.
5 18º 45′ 13″ N. 65º 0′ 22″ W. 33 18º 19′ 15″ N. 64º 38′ 14″ W.
6 18º 41′ 14″ N. 64º 59′ 33″ W. 34 18º 19′ 7″ N. 64º 38′ 16″ W.
7 18º 29′ 22″ N. 64º 53′ 51″ W. 35 18º 17′ 23″ N. 64º 39′ 38″ W.
8 18º 27′ 35″ N. 64º 53′ 22″ W. 36 18º 16′ 43″ N. 64º 39′ 41″ W.
9 18º 25′ 21″ N. 64º 52′ 39″ W. 37 18º 11′ 33″ N. 64º 38′ 58″ W.
10 18º 24′ 30″ N. 64º 52′ 19″ W. 38 18º 3′ 2″ N. 64º 38′ 3″ W.
11 18º 23′ 51″ N. 64º 51′ 50″ W. 39 18º 2′ 56″ N. 64º 29′ 35″ W.
12 18º 23′ 42″ N. 64º 51′ 23″ W. 40 18º 2′ 51″ N. 64º 27′ 2″ W.
13 18º 23′ 36″ N. 64º 50′ 17″ W. 41 18º 2′ 30″ N. 64º 21′ 8″ W.
14 18º 23′ 48″ N. 64º 49′ 41″ W. 42 18º 2′ 31″ N. 64º 20′ 8″ W.
15 18º 24′ 11″ N. 64º 49′ 0″ W. 43 18º 2′ 3″ N. 64º 15′ 57″ W.
16 18º 24′ 28″ N. 64º 47′ 57″ W. 44 18º 0′ 12″ N. 64º 2′ 29″ W.
17 18º 24′ 18″ N. 64º 47′ 1″ W. 45 17º 59′ 58″ N. 64º 1′ 4″ W.
18 18º 23′ 13″ N. 64º 46′ 37″ W. 46 17º 58′ 47″ N. 63º 57′ 1″ W.
19 18º 22′ 37″ N. 64º 45′ 20″ W. 47 17º 57′ 51″ N. 63º 53′ 54″ W.
20 18º 22′ 39″ N. 64º 44′ 42″ W. 48 17º 56′ 38″ N. 63º 53′ 21″ W.
21 18º 22′ 42″ N. 64º 44′ 36″ W. 49 17º 39′ 40″ N. 63º 54′ 53″ W.
22 18º 22′ 37″ N. 64º 44′ 24″ W. 50 17º 37′ 8″ N. 63º 55′ 10″ W.
23 18º 22′ 39″ N. 64º 43′ 42″ W. 51 17º 30′ 21″ N. 63º 55′ 56″ W.
24 18º 22′ 30″ N. 64º 43′ 36″ W. 52 17º 11′ 36″ N. 63º 57′ 57″ W.
25 18º 22′ 25″ N. 64º 42′ 58″ W. 53 17º 4′ 60″ N. 63º 58′ 41″ W.
26 18º 22′ 26″ N. 64º 42′ 28″ W. 54 16º 59′ 49″ N. 63º 59′ 18″ W.
27 18º 22′ 15″ N. 64º 42′ 3″ W. 55 17º 18′ 37″ N. 67º 32′ 14″ W.
"
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Annex 14, page 1

Adopted on 15 July 2011

AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1997 TO AMEND THE

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

HAVING CONSIDERED draft amendments to the revised Annex VI,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that

3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of

5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of

AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS 13 AND 14 AND APPENDIX VII

1 Paragraph 6 of regulation 13 is replaced by the following:

2 Paragraph 7.3 of regulation 13 is amended to read as follows:

3 Paragraph 3 of regulation 14 is replaced by the following:

.1 the Baltic Sea area as defined in regulation 1.11.2 of Annex I and

.2 the North American area as described by the coordinates provided

.3 the United States Caribbean Sea area as described by the

4 A new subparagraph 4 is added to paragraph 4 of regulation 14 to read as follows:

5 Paragraph 7 of regulation 14 is replaced by the following:

6 Appendix VII is amended as follows:

.1 The boundaries of emission control areas designated under

.2 (Existing text for the North American area)

.3 The United States Caribbean Sea area includes:

POINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE 28 18º 22′ 22″ N. 64º 38′ 23″ W.

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