RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article VI of the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International
Convention on Load Lines, 1966 ("1988 Load Lines
Protocol") concerning amendment procedures,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 104th session, amendments to the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article VI(2)(a)
thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VI(2)(d) of the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, amendments to the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article VI(2)(f)(ii)(bb) of the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 July 2023, unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties to
the 1988 Load
Lines Protocol, or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which
constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of all the merchant fleets of all
Parties, have notified their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties concerned to note that, in accordance with article VI(2)(g)(ii)
of the 1988
Load Lines Protocol, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January
2024 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VI(2)(e) of the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the
text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol;
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its
annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol.