RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.4(48), by which it adopted the International
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk (hereinafter referred to as "the
IBC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974
(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
CONSIDERING that it is highly desirable for the requirements
of the IBC Code, which are mandatory under
both the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
(MARPOL 73/78) and the Convention, to remain
identical,
NOTING that the Marine Environment Protection Committee,
at its sixty-fourth session, adopted corresponding amendments to the IBC Code by resolution
MEPC.225(64),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-first 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 December 2013 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
per cent 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 June 2014 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 ALSO REQUESTS 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.