RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation V/8-1 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974 concerning the adoption by the Organization of ship reporting
systems,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.858(20) which authorizes
the Committee to perform the function of adopting ship reporting systems
on behalf of the Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Guidelines and criteria for ship
reporting systems adopted by resolution MSC.43(64),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation at its forty-fourth session,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/8-1, the mandatory ship reporting
systems:
- Off the northeastern and the southeastern coasts of the United
States area described in Annex 1 to
the present resolution; and
- In the Strait of Dover/Pas-de-Calais area described in Annex 2.
2. DECIDES that the aforementioned mandatory ship
reporting systems will enter into force at 0000 hours UTC on 1 July
1999.
3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its Annexes to the attention of Member Governments
and Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention.