RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.288(87),
by which it adopted the Performance standard for protective coatings
for cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers (hereinafter referred to
as "the Performance standard") which is mandatory under chapter II-1 of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred
to as "the Convention"),
RECOGNIZING the need to keep the Performance standard up-to-date
with regard to references to other IMO instruments contained therein,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-first session, amendments
to the Performance standard, proposed and circulated in accordance
with Article VIII of the Convention,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with Article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the Performance Standard for protective coatings for
cargo oil tanks of crude oil tankers, 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 said amendments shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 January 2014, 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 SOLAS Contracting Governments to note
that, in accordance with Article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, 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, 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.