The annex of this document has been consolidated into IMSBC
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.268(85) by which it adopted the International Maritime Solid
Bulk Cargoes Code (hereinafter referred to as "the IMSBC Code"), which has become
mandatory under chapter VI of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VII/1.1 of the Convention concerning
amendment procedure for amending the IMSBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-fifth session, amendments to the IMSBC 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 IMSBC 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 said amendments shall be deemed to
have been accepted on 1 July 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 their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to
note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the
amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2017 upon their acceptance in
accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 AGREES that Contracting Governments to the Convention
may apply the aforementioned amendments in whole or in part on a voluntary basis as
from 1 January 2016;
5 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purpose 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
6 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.