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Table 1 Guidelines to the BWM Convention and their development status. MEPC = IMO Marine
Environment Protection Committee
Title Work progress

Guidelines for Sediment Reception Facilities (G1) Adopted at MEPC 55, Oct. 2006

(IMO 2006a )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Sampling (G2) Adopted at MEPC 58, Oct. 2008

(IMO 2008a )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Management Equivalent
Compliance (G3)

Adopted at MEPC 53, Jul. 2005
(IMO 2005a )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Management and
Development of Ballast Water Management Plans (G4)

Adopted at MEPC 53, Jul. 2005
(IMO 2005b )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Reception Facilities (G5) Adopted at MEPC 55, Oct. 2006

(IMO 2006b )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Exchange (G6) Adopted at MEPC 53, Jul. 2005

(IMO 2005c )

Guidelines on Risk Assessments
under Regulation A-4 (G7)

Adopted at MEPC 56, Jul. 2007
(IMO 2007a )

Guidelines for the Approval of Ballast Water
Management Systems (G8)

Adopted at MEPC 53, Jul. 2005,
amended at MEPC 58, Oct. 2008
(IMO 2008b )

Procedure for Approval of Ballast Water Management
Systems that make use of Active Substances (G9)

Adopted at MEPC 53, Jul. 2005,
amended at MEPC 57, Apr. 2008
(IMO 2008c )

Guidelines for Approval and Oversight of Prototype
Ballast Water Treatment Technology Programmes (G10)

Adopted at MEPC 54, Mar. 2006
(IMO 2006c )

Guidelines for Ballast Water Exchange Design and
Construction Standard (G11)

Adopted at MEPC 55, Oct. 2006
(IMO 2006d )

Guidelines for Sediment Control on Ships (G12) Adopted at MEPC 55, Oct. 2006

(IMO 2006e )

Guidelines for Additional Measures Including
Emergency Situations (G13)

Adopted at MEPC 56, Jul. 2007
(IMO 2007b )

Guidelines on Designation of Areas for Ballast Water
Exchange (G14)

Adopted at MEPC 55, Oct. 2006
(IMO 2006f )

Guidelines for Port State Control In preparation

In total 15 guidelines support the uniform implementation of the BWM Convention
(see Table 1 ) by providing technical guidance to implement the BWM Convention
principles. The majority of these guidelines (G1-G14) have already been adopted,
however the Guidelines for Port State Control that have the purpose of harmonizing
port State control activities and to defi ne criteria for a detailed inspection of the ship
(Article 9 of the BWM Convention) are still not yet fi nalised.
Guidelines at IMO are intended to be at high level, providing an overall structure
for the implementation of the BWM Convention. However, because of the highly
complex nature of the subject matter and the sophistication of the technology, many
Guidelines have become quite specifi c and detailed.