وأبدت اللجنة اتفاقها مع المقترح الداعي إلى التعجيل بالإنهاء التدريجي لاستعمال الناقلات من الفئة 1 (ناقلات ما قبل اتفاقية التلوث البحري) ليتم في عام 2005 بدلا من عام 2007.
The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at its forty-ninth session (MEPC 49), in July 2003, considered a proposal by 15 member States of the European Union and the European Commission to amend Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 to further accelerate the phase-out of single-hull tankers; provide for the application of the Condition Assessment Scheme to all tankers 15 years of age and above; and to add a new regulation which would require the carriage of heavy grades of oil in double-hull or equivalent design tankers.8 The Committee agreed with the proposal to move forward the phase-out date for Category 1 (pre-MARPOL) tankers to 2005 instead of 2007.