1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (10 to 19 May 2006), and the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its fifty-third session (18 to 22 July 2005), in order
to give guidance on the carriage of publications on board ships, approved
the IMO requirements on carriage of publications on board ships as
set out in the annex.
2 The Marine Environment Protection Committee
and the Maritime Safety Committee will review and update, where necessary,
the list of publications contained in the appendix to the annex.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring this
circular to the attention of port State Control officers, Companies
and audit teams according to the ISM Code,
organizations performing the ISM Code certification,
ship operators and all other parties concerned.