RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.98(73) by
which it adopted the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (hereinafter
referred to as "the FSS Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter II-2 of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the
Convention"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-eighth session, amendments
to the FSS 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 International Code for Fire Safety Systems, 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 amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 January 2012, 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 SOLAS Contracting Governments to note
that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention the amendments shall enter
into force on 1 July 2012 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with 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. FURTHER 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.