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  1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee at its fifty-sixth session (9 to 13 July 2007) and the Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-third session (3 to 12 October 2007) noted that the Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-fourth session (30 May to 8 June 2001), agreed that the Designated Person has a key role in the development and implementation of the safety management system within a shipping company with a view to ensuring safety at sea, prevention of human injury or loss life, and avoidance of damage to the environment, in particular to the marine environment and to property.

  2 The Committees also agreed that there was an urgent need to provide guidance to shipping companies on the qualifications, training and experience for undertaking the role of Designated Person under provisions of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code.

  3 Accordingly, the Committees developed Guidance on the experience, qualifications and training for undertaking the role of Designated Person under the provisions of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code as set out in the annex.

  4 Member Governments and international organizations concerned are recommended to bring this circular to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC-MEPC.7/Circular.6 – Guidance on the Qualifications, Training and Experience Necessary for Undertaking the Role of the Designated Person Under the Provisions of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code – (19 October 2007)
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