1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009) and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee at its fifty-ninth session (13 to 17 July 2009) reviewed
the matter of the replacement of existing certificates by the certificates
issued after the entry into force of amendments to certificates in
IMO instruments.
2 In conducting such a review, both Committees
noted that a comparable case was already addressed by the Marine Environment
Protection Committee at its fifty-fourth session (20 to 24 March 2006).
The MEPC then approved MEPC.1/Circ.513 on
Validity of the IOPP Certificate and Supplements issued under the
current MARPOL Annex I after 1 January 2007.
3 Both Committees agreed to approve the following
guidance with regard to the replacement of existing certificates by
the certificates issued after the entry into force of amendments to
certificates in all IMO instruments (such as the Load Lines Convention,
the SOLAS Convention and the MARPOL Conventions and codes made mandatory
under these Conventions):
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.1 in cases where the ship has not to comply with
new requirements, the certificate (and its supplement, if any) is
not re-issued until its expiry;
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.2 in cases where the ship has to comply with
new requirements, the certificate (and its supplement, if any) is
re-issued at the opportunity of the survey specified with the new
requirement occurring after the date of entry into force of the amendments;
and
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.3 where a ship is subjected to a modification
or conversion which involves an additional survey, the certificate
(and its supplement, if any) is re-issued.
4 Member Governments and Parties to the IMO Conventions
are invited to note the above and to bring this circular to the attention
of all parties concerned, in particular port State control officers
under their jurisdiction.