PROVISIONAL AGENDA
for the eighty-fourth session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, to be held from Monday, 27 April to Friday, 1 May 2026 at IMO Headquarters, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR
Session commences at 09:30 (UTC+1) on Monday, 27 April 2026
1 Adoption of the agenda
2 Decisions of other bodies
3 Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments
4 Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water
5 Air pollution prevention
6 Energy efficiency of ships
7 Reduction of GHG emissions from ships
8 Follow-up work emanating from the Action Plan to address marine plastic litter from ships
9 Experience-building phase for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping
10 Pollution prevention and response
11 Reports of other sub-committees
12 Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs
13 Application of the Committees' method of work
14 Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies
15 Any other business
16 Consideration of the report of the Committee
Notes:
1 In accordance with the Organization and method of work of the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee and their subsidiary bodies (MSC-MEPC.1/Circ.5/Rev.6):
.1 documents should be received by the Secretariat as follows:1
.1 documents containing proposals for unplanned outputs, by Friday, 23 January 2026 (13-week deadline);
.2 documents (including information documents) containing more than six pages of text (bulky documents2 ), by Friday, 23 January 2026 (13-week deadline);
.3 non-bulky documents including information documents (six pages or fewer) and bulky information documents submitted in electronic format, by Friday, 20 February 2026 (nine-week deadline); and
.4 documents (four pages or fewer) commenting on those referred to in sub-paragraphs .1 to .3 above by Friday, 6 March 2026 (seven-week deadline). These documents should start with a paragraph clearly indicating the document on which comments are made and stating that the document is submitted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6.12.5 of the Committees' method of work;
.2 for reasons of economy, documents should be submitted in single spacing, and be as concise as possible, and:
.1 all documents should include a brief summary prepared in accordance with the Committees' method of work;
.2 substantive documents should conclude with a summary of the action that the Committee is invited to take; and
.3 information documents should conclude with a summary of the information contained therein;
.3 the following word processing format should be observed in order to standardize the presentation of documents:
- font: Arial;
- font size: 11;
- justification: full;
- margins: 2 cm top, 2.5 cm bottom, left and right.
A template is available on the IMODOCS website for use in the preparation of documents.
To facilitate processing, documents should be submitted via the Meeting Document Submission Portal on IMODOCS (Submission Portal) (see Circular Letter No.4662).Should any problems be encountered that prevent submission of a document via the Submission Portal, submitters should contact the Secretariat at imodocs@imo.org and copy MED@imo.org without delay.
2 The Committees' method of work, inter alia, requests the Secretariat to strictly apply the rules concerning the submission of documents and not to accept late submissions from Governments or delegations.
3 In order to improve access to information and increase transparency, submitters of meeting documents are invited to give their consent for their documents to be released to the public prior to the meeting by checking the ʺopt-in boxʺ at the top right corner of the new document template provided on IMODOCS (pre-session public release). In the absence of explicit consent, submissions will not be released to the public prior to the meeting.
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1 Documents other than information documents and reports from sub-committees, working, drafting, correspondence and other working groups and the Secretariat, which contain more than 20 pages, in line with paragraph 6.11 of the Committees' method of work, will not be translated in their entirety.Such documents should include, for translation purposes, a summary not longer than four pages, with the technical content submitted as an annex in the language needed by working groups (i.e. English).
2 In the case of documents containing more than 50 pages, the provisions of paragraph 6.12.1 of the Committees' method of work are to be applied.
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暂定议程
海上环境保护委员会第八十四届会议将于2026年4月27日（星期一）至5月1日（星期五）在伦敦SE1 7SR阿尔伯特堤岸4号IMO总部举行
会议于2026年4月27日（星期一 ）09:30 (UTC+1) 开始
会议开幕（ Opening of the session）
议程的通过（Adoption of the agenda）；
其他机构的决定（Decisions of other bodies）；
审议和通过强制性文书修正案（Consideration and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments）；
压载水中的有害水生物（Harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water）；
空气污染防治（Air pollution prevention）；
船舶能效（Energy efficiency of ships）；
船舶温室气体减排（Reduction of GHG emissions from ships）；
“解决船舶海洋塑料垃圾行动计划”的后续工作（Follow-up work emanating from the Action Plan to address marine plastic litter from ships）；
减少船舶水下辐射噪声的经验积累阶段（Experience-building phase for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping）；
污染预防和应对（Pollution prevention and response）；
其他分委会的报告（Reports of other sub-committees）；
特殊区域、排放控制区和特别敏感海域的识别与保护（Identification and protection of Special Areas, ECAs and PSSAs）；
委员会工作方法的应用（Application of the Committees' method of work）；
委员会及附属机构的工作计划（Work programme of the Committee and subsidiary bodies）；
任何其他事项（Any other business）；
审议委员会的报告（Consideration of the report of the Committee）。
注释：
1 根据《海上安全委员会和海上环境保护委员会及其附属机构的组织和工作方法》(MSC-MEPC.1/Circ.5/Rev.6)：
.1 文件应于下列日期前提交至秘书处1：
.1 包含计划外产出提案的文件，在 2026年1月23日星期五（13周期限） 前；
.2 包含超过六页文本（大篇幅文件2）的文件（含信息文件），在 2026年1月23日星期五（13周期限） 前；
.3 非大篇幅（六页或更少）文件（含信息文件）和以电子形式提交的大篇幅信息文件，在 2026年2月20日星期五（9周期限） 前；以及
.4 对上述 .1 至 .3 项所述文件进行评论的文件（四页或更少），在 2026年3月6日星期五（7周期限） 前。此类文件应以一段文字开头，明确指出所评论的文件，并声明该文件是根据委员会工作方法第 6.12.5 段的规定提交的；
.2 出于节约考虑，文件应单倍行距提交，并尽可能简洁，且：
.1 所有文件应包括根据委员会工作方法编写的简短摘要；
.2 实质性文件结尾应总结请委员会采取的行动；以及
.3 信息文件结尾应总结其中包含的信息；
.3 为统一文件格式，应遵守以下文字处理格式要求：
- 字体：Arial；
- 字号：11；
- 对齐：两端对齐；
- 页边距：上 2 厘米，下、左、右各 2.5 厘米。
IMODOCS 网站上提供了用于编写文件的模板。
为便于处理，文件应通过 IMODOCS 上的会议文件提交门户（提交门户）提交（见第 4662 号通函信）。如遇到任何阻止通过提交门户提交文件的问题，提交者应立即联系秘书处：imodocs@imo.org 并抄送 MED@imo.org。
2 委员会工作方法，除其他外，要求秘书处严格执行关于文件提交的规定，不得接受成员国政府或代表团迟交的文件。
3 为改善信息获取并提高透明度，会议文件的提交者被邀请通过在 IMODOCS 上提供的新文件模板右上角的“勾选框”（“opt-in box”）表示同意，以便在会议前将其文件公开发布（会前公开发布）。若未获得明确同意，提交的文件在会前将不会公开发布。
1 根据委员会工作方法第 6.11 段，除分委会、工作组、起草组、通信组和其他工作组及秘书处的信息文件和报告外，超过 20 页的文件将不进行全文翻译。此类文件为翻译目的应包含一份不超过四页的摘要，技术内容则作为附件以工作组所需语言（即英文）提交。
2 于超过 50 页的文件，应适用委员会工作方法第 6.12.1 段的规定。
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