1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-eighth session (24
November to 3 December 2010), adopted, by resolution MSC.310(88), amendments to the International Convention for
Safe Containers, 1972 (CSC 1972), to include new specifications regarding Safety
Approval Plates, describing the validity of, and elements to be included in,
approved examination programmes.
2 In accordance with CSC
1972, regulation 2.7 of annex I, Administrations shall make information
on approved Continuous Examination Programmes (ACEP) publicly available. This
implies that Administrations are required not only to make their ACEP information
publicly available, but also to disseminate to the public where that information may
be found. In this context, Administrations are urged to inform the Organization of
how the information can be obtained.
3 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-sixth session (11 to 20
May 2016), having considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of
Cargoes and Containers, at its second session, approved the List of locations of
publicly available ACEP information, as set out in the annex.
4 Contracting Parties to the International Convention for Safe
Containers, 1972, are requested to advise the Secretariat of the location of their
ACEP public information, which will be included in future CSC.1 circulars, and to
update this information promptly of any change to the location where the information
is publicly available.
5 Member States are invited to bring the annexed information to the
attention of all parties concerned.