RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.268(85) by which it adopted the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (hereinafter referred to as "the
IMSBC Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter VI
of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended
("the Convention"),
RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) and regulation VII/1.1 of the Convention concerning
the procedure for amending the IMSBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 105th session, amendments to the IMSBC
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
IMSBC 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 June 2023, 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 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 December 2023 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 AGREES that Contracting Governments to the Convention may apply the aforementioned
amendments in whole or in part on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2023;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purpose 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;
6 ALSO REQUESTS 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.