Revoked by A.1119(30)

 This document has been revoked by Resolution A.1119(30)

The Assembly,

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization regarding the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

 RECALLING ALSO resolution A.787(19), by which it adopted the Procedures for Port State Control, and resolution A.882(21), by which it adopted amendments thereto,

 RECALLING FURTHER that, at its twenty-first session, when adopting resolution A.882(21), it requested the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the Procedures, as amended, under review, on the basis of experience gained from their implementation,

 RECOGNIZING that efforts by port States have greatly contributed to enhanced maritime safety and security, and prevention of marine pollution,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to update the Procedures, as amended, to take account of the amendments to IMO instruments which have entered into force or have become effective since the adoption of resolutions A.787(19) and A.882(21),

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth session, and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-second session,

  1. ADOPTS the Procedures for Port State Control, 2011, as set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Governments, when exercising port State control, to implement the aforementioned Procedures;

  3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the Procedures under review and to amend them as necessary;

  4. REVOKES resolutions A.787(19) and A.882(21).