The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2014 IGC
Code
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 ("the IGC Code"),
which has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1974 ("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-seventh 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 2019 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 2020 upon their
acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 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;
5 REQUESTS ALSO 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.