RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.61(67) by
which it adopted the International Code for Application of Fire Test
Procedures (FTP Code) for the testing of new
marine materials which are increasingly being introduced into the
design and construction of ships and craft engaged in international
maritime transport,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution MSC.36(63) by which it adopted the International Code of Safety for High-Speed
Craft (1994 HSC Code) for high-speed craft
of novel types and sizes which at the time were also increasingly
being introduced into international maritime transport,
RECOGNIZING that the continual development of materials
for use in the construction of high-speed craft and the improvements
in maritime safety standards since the adoption of the 1994
HSC Code are required to be reflected in the provisions for
the design, construction and equipment of high-speed craft in order
to maintain certification and safety equivalence with those for ships
of conventional design,
NOTING resolution MSC.97(73) by
which it adopted the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft,
2000 (2000 HSC Code) providing for the
application of fire test procedures for materials used in the construction
of high-speed craft to which that Code applies, in accordance with
the FTP Code,
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation II-2/3.23 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter
referred to as "the Convention") concerning the procedure for amending
the FTP Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, amendments
to the FTP Code proposed and circulated in
accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of
the Convention,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the FTP Code, 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 amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted
on 1 January 2002, 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
their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES 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 2002 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with 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;
5. FURTHER 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.