The annex of this document has been consolidated into IMSBC
Code – International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VI/1-1.1 of the Convention concerning the amendment procedure
for amending the IMSBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-second session, amendments
to the IMSBC 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 IMSBC 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 said amendments
shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 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 Contracting Governments to the Convention
to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into
force on 1 January 2015 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 AGREES that Contracting Governments to the Convention
may apply the aforementioned amendments in whole or in part on a voluntary
basis as from 1 January 2014;
5 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;
6 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.