1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-ninth session (11 to 20 May 2011), with
a view to providing the process for the development, verification, implementation and
monitoring of goal-based standards (GBS) to support regulatory development within IMO,
approved the Generic guidelines for developing IMO goal-based standards, as
provided in the annex to MSC.1/Circ.1394.
2 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-fifth session (3 to 12 June 2015),
revised the guidelines, as set out in the annex.
3 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed guidelines and to bring them to the
attention of all parties concerned.
4 The present circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1394.