The MEPC at its sixty-fifth session approved a draft Assembly resolution on the application of Regulation B-3 of the BWM Convention to ease and facilitate the smooth implementation of the Convention
which will be submitted to the twenty-eighth session of the IMO Assembly for approval
The draft resolution recommends that ships constructed before the entry into force of the Convention BWM will not be required to comply with Regulation D-2 (ballast water performance standard)
until their first renewal survey following the date of entry into force of the Convention.
The aim of the draft resolution is to clarify uncertainty in relation to the application of Regulation B-3, through the application of a realistic timeline for enforcement of Regulation D-1 (ballast water exchange standard) and Regulation D-2 (ballast water performance standard), upon entry into force of the Convention.