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The Assembly,

 The annex of this document has been revoked by resolution A.1155(32)

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization regarding the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO resolution A.1119(30), by which it adopted Procedures for port State control, 2017 (hereafter referred to as the "Procedures"), following successive revocation of resolutions A.1052(27), A.882(21), A.787(19), A.742(18), A.597(15) and A.466(XII),

RECOGNIZING that efforts by port States have greatly contributed to enhanced maritime safety and security, and prevention of marine pollution,

RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to update the Procedures to take account of the amendments to IMO instruments which have entered into force or have become effective since the adoption of resolution A.1119(30),

HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its seventy-fourth session, and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its 101st session,

1 ADOPTS the Procedures for port State control, 2019, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 INVITES Governments, when exercising port State control, to implement the aforementioned Procedures;

3 REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the Procedures under review and to amend them as necessary;

4 REVOKES resolution A.1119(30).

Parent topic: IMO Resolution A.1138(31) – Procedures for Port State Control, 2019 – (Adopted on 4 December 2019)
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