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RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and
guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.741(18), by which it adopted the
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution
Prevention (International Safety Management (ISM) Code),
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.788(19), by which it adopted the
Guidelines on implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations,
NOTING that the ISM
Code became mandatory, under the provisions of chapter
IX of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974, as amended, for companies operating certain types of ships, on 1 July 1998,
and for companies operating other cargo ships and mobile offshore drilling units
propelled by mechanical means of 500 gross tonnage and upwards, on 1 July 2002,
NOTING ALSO that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second
session, adopted, by resolution MSC.353(92), amendments to the ISM
Code,
NOTING FURTHER resolution A.1071(28), by which it adopted the Revised guidelines on
the implementation of the
International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations,
RECOGNIZING that an Administration, in establishing that safety standards
are being maintained, has a responsibility to ensure that Documents of Compliance
and Safety Management Certificates have been issued in accordance with the ISM
Code taking into account the aforementioned guidelines,
RECOGNIZING ALSO that there may be a need for Administrations to enter
into agreements in respect of the issue of certificates by other Administrations in
compliance with chapter IX of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and in accordance
with resolution A.741(18),
RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need for uniform implementation of the ISM
Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Marine Environment
Protection Committee, at its sixty-ninth session, and the Maritime Safety Committee,
at its ninety-sixth session,
1 ADOPTS the Revised guidelines on the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code by Administrations,
as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 URGES Governments, when implementing the ISM
Code, to adhere to the revised guidelines;
3 REQUESTS Governments to inform the Organization of any difficulties
they may experience when using the revised guidelines;
4 AUTHORIZES the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment
Protection Committee to keep the revised guidelines under review and to amend or
revise them as necessary in accordance with the rules and procedures of those
Committees, for issuance as an MSC-MEPC circular;
5 REVOKES resolution A.1071(28).