RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.5(48), by which it adopted the International
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied
Gases in Bulk (hereinafter referred to as "the IGC Code"), which has
become mandatory under chapter VII of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and
regulation VII/11.1 of the Convention concerning the procedure for
amending the IGC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-third session, amendments
to the IGC 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 IGC 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 July
2015 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 January 2016 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 ALSO 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.