The Annex of this document has been consolidated into SOLAS
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article VIII(b)(vi)(2) of the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 ("the Convention"), concerning the amendment
procedure applicable to the annex to the Convention, other than to the provisions of
chapter I,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-fourth session, amendments to the Convention, proposed
and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention,
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 January 2016 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 to the Secretary-General of
the Organization 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 2016 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes 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; and
5 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.