RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines regarding maritime safety and
the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO the adoption by:
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(a) the International Conference on the Harmonized
System of Survey and Certification, 1988, of the Protocol of 1988
relating to the International Convention for the
Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 and of the Protocol of 1988 relating
to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966,
which, inter alia, introduced the harmonized system of survey and
certification into the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 and the International
Convention on Load Lines, 1966, respectively;
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(b)
resolution MEPC.39(29) of
amendments to introduce the harmonized system of survey and certification
into the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto
(MARPOL 73/78);
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(c)
resolution MEPC.132(53) of amendments to introduce the harmonized system of survey
and certification into MARPOL Annex VI;
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(d) the resolutions given below of amendments
to introduce the harmonized system of survey and certification into:
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(i) the International Code for the Construction
and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code) (resolutions MEPC.40(29) and MSC.16(58));
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(ii) the International Code for the Construction
and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) (resolution MSC.17(58)); and
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(iii) the Code for the Construction and Equipment
of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code) (resolutions
MEPC.41(29) and MSC.18(58)),
RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution
A.997(25), it adopted the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized
System of Survey and Certification, 2007 ("the Survey Guidelines")
with a view to assisting Governments in implementing the requirements
of the aforementioned instruments, and that, by resolution A.1020(26), it adopted amendments
to the Survey Guidelines,
RECALLING FURTHER that the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its fifty-ninth session, adopted resolution MEPC.180(59) on amendments to the Survey Guidelines,
RECOGNIZING the need for the Survey Guidelines to be further
revised to take into account the amendments to the IMO instruments
referred to above, which have entered into force or become effective
since the adoption of resolution A.1020(26),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth session, and the Marine Environment
Protection Committee, at its sixty-second session,
1. ADOPTS the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized
System of Survey and Certification (HSSC), 2011, as set out in the
annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments carrying out surveys required
by relevant IMO instruments to apply the provisions of the annexed
Survey Guidelines;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and
the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the Survey Guidelines
under review and amend them as necessary;