The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2008 IS Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.267(85) by which it adopted the International Code on Intact
Stability, 2008 (2008 IS Code),
NOTING the provisions regarding the procedure for amendments to part
B (recommendatory part) of the 2008 IS Code, stipulated in paragraph 27.2 of regulation II-1/2 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (1974 SOLAS Convention), as
amended by resolution MSC.269(85), and in paragraph (16).2 of regulation I/3 of the Protocol of 1988
relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1988 Load Lines Protocol),
as amended by resolution MSC.270(85),
RECOGNIZING the need to include provisions regarding ice accretion on cargo
ships carrying timber deck cargoes in the 2008 IS
Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-fifth session, the proposed amendments to
part
B of the 2008 IS Code, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and
Construction, at its second session,
1 ADOPTS amendments to part
B of the 2008 IS Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the
present resolution;
2 RECOMMENDS Governments concerned to use the amendments to part
B of the 2008 IS Code as a basis for relevant safety standards, unless their
national stability requirements provide at least an equivalent degree of safety; and
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and Parties to the 1988
Load Lines Protocol to note that the above amendments to the 2008 IS Code will take effect on 5 June 2015.