RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.4(48), by which it adopted the International
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk (hereinafter referred to as "the IBC
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"),
BEING DESIROUS of keeping the IBC Code up
to date,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-ninth session, amendments
to the IBC Code proposed and circulated in
accordance with article VIII(b)(i) of
the Convention,
CONSIDERING that it is highly desirable for the provisions
of the IBC Code, which are mandatory under
both the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
(MARPOL 73/78) and the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
to remain identical,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention,
amendments to the IBC 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 2006 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 2007 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.