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 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);
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(c)
resolution MEPC.132(53) of amendments to introduce the harmonized system of survey
and certification into MARPOL Annex VI;
and
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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.1053(27), it adopted the Survey Guidelines under the
Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC), 2011 (hereinafter
referred to as "the Survey Guidelines") with a view to assisting Governments
in implementing the requirements of the aforementioned instruments,
RECOGNIZING the need for the Survey Guidelines to be further
revised to take account of amendments to the IMO instruments referred
to above that have entered into force or become effective since the
adoption of resolution A.1053(27),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Marine
Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-fifth session, and
the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second session,
1 ADOPTS the amendments to 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 the relevant IMO instruments to apply the provisions of the annexed
amendments to the 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.