IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS)
The IMO Member State Audit Scheme audits how States implement IMO instruments under resolution A.1067(28); draft MARPOL Annex VI regulation 46 refers to it.
The IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) is the mandatory audit of how Member States implement and enforce IMO instruments, run under the Framework and Procedures in resolution A.1067(28). In the draft IMO Net-Zero Framework the existing verification provisions of MARPOL Annex VI become Chapter 6, with regulation 46 on the audit.
The full article will cover the audit cycle, the instruments audited, and the obligations of flag, port and coastal States under the scheme.