The Annex of this document has been consolidated into 2011 ESP
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.1049(27), by which the Assembly adopted the
International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk
Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 ("2011 ESP
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter
XI-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
("the Convention"),
RECALLING FURTHER Article VIII(b) and regulation XI-1/2 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the 2011 ESP Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 101st session, amendments to the 2011 ESP
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
2011 ESP
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 2020 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% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have notified the
Secretary-General of 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 2021 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of 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 REQUESTS ALSO 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.