1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-fourth session (17 to 21 November 2014),
and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-eighth session (11 to 15
May 2015), reviewed and revised their Guidelines on the organization and method of
work of the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee and their subsidiary bodies (MSC-MEPC.1/Circ.4/Rev.3) in order to make
reference to the Revised guidelines for Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) for use in the
IMO rule-making process (FSA Guidelines) (MSC-MEPC.2/Circ.12/Rev.1) and to
include a new annex 6 on Guidelines for considering and reviewing the outcome of FSA
studies.
2 The Committees approved the revised Guidelines on the organization and method of
work of the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee and their subsidiary bodies, as set out in the annex.
3 Members are invited to apply the annexed revised guidelines with immediate effect, as
appropriate, and to bring them to the attention of their representatives at relevant IMO
meetings, advising them to strictly observe these guidelines.
4 This circular revokes MSC-MEPC.1/Circ.4/Rev.3.