NOTING Article 16(i) of the IMCO Convention concerning the
functions of the Assembly,
BEARING IN MIND Article 8 of the International Convention
on Load Lines, 1966, concerning Equivalents,
RECALLING that it adopted in Resolution
A.172(ES.IV) the Recommendation for Uniform Application and
Interpretation of Regulation 27 of the
International Convention Load Lines, 1966,
RECOGNIZING the need for improvement in the test of Regulation 27 of the Convention, having regard
to provisions of the Recommendation (Annex to Resolution A.172(ES.IV)) and the experience
gained in applying that Regulation,
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed Regulation equivalent to Regulation 27 of the International Convention
on Load Lines, 1966, approved by the Maritime Safety Committee at
its thirty-second session,
ADOPTS the test of the Regulation which is at Annex to this
Resolution as equivalent to Regulation 27 of
the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, which supersedes
the Recommendation annexed to Resolution
A.172(ES.IV),
RECOMMENDS governments concerned to accept the application
of the Regulation as being equivalent to Regulation
27 of the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966,
REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to continue its consideration
of improvements to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966,
including Regulation 27 thereof.