The annex of this document has been consolidated into STCW Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO Article XII and regulation I/1.2.3 of the International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 ("the
Convention"), concerning the procedures for amending part A of the Seafarers' Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code,
NOTING that there will be a transitional period between the entry into force of the Polar Code and
the amendments to the STCW Convention, and that section B-V/g of the STCW Code
provides guidance regarding the training of masters and officers for ships operating in
polar waters which should be applied by Administrations during the transitional period,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-seventh session, amendments to part A of the STCW
Code, proposed and circulated in accordance with Article XII(1)(a)(i) of the
Convention,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with Article XII(1)(a)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the
STCW
Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with Article XII(1)(a)(vii)(2) of the Convention, that the said
amendments to the STCW Code shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2018,
unless, prior to that date, more than one third of Parties or Parties the combined merchant
fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant
shipping of ships of 100 gross register tons or more, have notified the Secretary-General
of the Organization that they object to the amendments;
3 INVITES Parties to note that, in accordance with Article XII(1)(a)(ix) of the Convention,
the annexed amendments to the STCW Code shall enter into force on 1 July 2018 upon their
acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 URGES Parties to implement the amendments to section A-I/11 and section A-V/4 at an early
stage;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of Article XII(1)(a)(v) of the
Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the
amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the Convention;
6 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its annex
to Members of the Organization, which are not Parties to the Convention.