Marine Environment Protection Committee

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IMO organ committee subsidiary body of an international organization

The Marine Environment Protection Committee is the International Maritime Organization’s main decision-making body responsible for developing and adopting global regulations to prevent and control pollution from ships and protect the marine environment.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee	1
International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee	1
MEPC	1
Marine Environment Protection Committee of IMO	1
Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO	1
Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IMO organ ⓘ committee ⓘ subsidiary body of an international organization ⓘ
adopts	amendments to MARPOL ⓘ codes and recommendations on marine environmental protection ⓘ guidelines for implementation of IMO environmental instruments ⓘ
allowsParticipation	intergovernmental organizations ⓘ non-governmental organizations with consultative status ⓘ
composition	all IMO Member States ⓘ
country	United Nations system ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	consensus-based ⓘ
field	marine environmental protection ⓘ maritime pollution control ⓘ shipping regulation ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
inception	1973 ⓘ
jurisdiction	global shipping ⓘ international waters ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalFramework	Convention on the International Maritime Organization ⓘ surface form: International Maritime Organization Convention
mainResponsibility	adoption of mandatory and non-mandatory IMO instruments on marine environment protection ⓘ control of pollution from ships ⓘ development of international regulations on ship-source pollution ⓘ prevention of pollution from ships ⓘ protection of the marine environment from shipping activities ⓘ
meetingFrequency	usually twice a year ⓘ
meets	at IMO headquarters in London ⓘ
parentOrganization	International Maritime Organization ⓘ
partOf	International Maritime Organization ⓘ
regulatoryScope	air pollution from ships ⓘ ballast water management ⓘ energy efficiency of ships ⓘ garbage pollution from ships ⓘ greenhouse gas emissions from ships ⓘ harmful substances in packaged form ⓘ noxious liquid substances pollution ⓘ oil pollution from ships ⓘ sewage pollution from ships ⓘ ship recycling ⓘ
reportsTo	Assembly of the International Maritime Organization ⓘ IMO Council ⓘ surface form: Council of the International Maritime Organization
shortName	Marine Environment Protection Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MEPC
worksOnRegime	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ surface form: MARPOL Convention

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention on the International Maritime Organization → createsOrgan → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee

1978 Protocol to MARPOL → governingBody → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marine Environment Protection Committee of IMO

1997 Protocol to MARPOL → governingBody → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation → governingBody → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization

IMO → hasMainOrgan → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: International Maritime Organization

IMO Committees → hasMember → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

Annex V → monitoredBy → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Maritime Organization Marine Environment Protection Committee

Marine Environment Protection Committee → shortName → Marine Environment Protection Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: MEPC

International Maritime Organization → subsidiaryBody → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ

MSC → worksWith → Marine Environment Protection Committee ⓘ