The Annex of this document has been consolidated into IBC Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.4(48), by which it adopted the International
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk
("the IBC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 ("the Convention"),
RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) and regulation VII/8.1 of the Convention concerning the procedure for amending
the IBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 101st session, amendments to the IBC
Code proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of the
Convention,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the IBC Code, the text of which is set out in the
annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the
Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2020
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the
Convention or Contracting Governments, the combined merchant fleets of which constitute
not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified
their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to note that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January
2021 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of
the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of
the amendments contained in the annex to all Contracting Governments to the
Convention;
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution
and its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to
the Convention.