The Annex of this document has been consolidated into SOLAS
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO Article
VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention")
and the functions which the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Convention
(hereinafter referred to as "the 1978 SOLAS Protocol") confers upon
the Maritime Safety Committee for the consideration and adoption of
amendments to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,
RECOGNIZING the need to align the contents of the Forms
of the Safety Construction Certificate and Safety Equipment Certificate
for cargo ships set out in the appendix to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol
with those in the Convention and the 1988 SOLAS Protocol,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-first session, amendments
to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with Article VIII(b)(i) of the Convention
and Article II of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with Article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention
and Article II of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol, amendments to the appendix
to the annex to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol, 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 and Article II of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol, that the said
amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2014,
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties to
the 1978 SOLAS Protocol or Parties 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 the Parties concerned to note that,
in accordance with Article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention and Article II of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,
the amendments shall enter into force on 1 July 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 and Article II of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol, to transmit
certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments
contained in the annex to all Parties to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol;
5 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Parties to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol.