IMO656E – Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL -2017 Edition

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO, at its sixty-second session in July 2011, adopted the Revised MARPOL Annex V, concerning Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, which enters into force on 1 January 2013. The associated guidelines which assist States and industry in the implementation of MARPOL Annex V have been reviewed and updated and two Guidelines were adopted in March 2012 at MEPC’s sixty-third session.

This publication includes:

• the 2017 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.295(71));
• the 2012 Guidelines for the development of garbage management plans (resolution MEPC.220(63)); and
• the consolidated text of MARPOL annex V, including amendments adopted by resolution MEPC.277(70).

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