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MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE MSC 101/2/3

101st session 5 March 2019
Agenda item 2 Original: ENGLISH

DECISIONS OF OTHER IMO BODIES

Outcome of MEPC 73

Note by the Secretariat

SUMMARY

Executive summary: This document provides information on the outcome of MEPC 73 on

the matters of interest to the Committee

Strategic direction, Not applicable

if applicable:

Output: Not applicable

Action to be taken: Paragraph 2

Related documents: MEPC 73/19, MEPC 73/19/Add.1 and MSC 100/2/3

General

1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) held its seventy-third session
from 22 to 26 October 2018 and the report on that session has been circulated under the
symbols MEPC 73/19 and MEPC 73/19/Add.1. The Committee, at its 100th session
(3 to 7 December 2018), considered matters emanating from MEPC 72 and MEPC 73 and
took action as recorded under section 2 (Decisions of other IMO bodies) of its report
(MSC 100/20).

Action requested of the Committee

2 The Committee is invited to take action on the following remaining matters emanating
from MEPC 73 (MEPC 73/19, paragraph 19.3):*

.1 note that the Committee adopted, by resolution MEPC.310(73), the Action

Plan to address marine plastic litter from ships (paragraph 8.20 and
annex 10); and

*
References hereunder are to paragraphs of, and annexes to, the report of MEPC 73 (MEPC 73/19).

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.2 consider the establishment of a mandatory system for reporting containers

lost at sea, taking into account the discussions of the Working Group on
Marine Plastic Litter on this matter (MEPC 73/WP.9, paragraphs 30 to 33)
and the corresponding action in the Action Plan (resolution MEPC.310(73),
annex, table of actions, row 10), subject to supporting proposals being
submitted to MSC 101 (paragraph 8.26 and annex 10).

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