The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2011 ESP
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution A.1049(27), by which the Assembly adopted the International Code on the
Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011
("the 2011 ESP
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter XI-1 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 ("the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO Article VIII(b) and regulation XI-1/2 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the 2011 ESP Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-seventh session, amendments to the 2011 ESP 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 2011 ESP 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
said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 January 2018 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 the Secretary-General of
their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that, in accordance with
Article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 July
2018 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes 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.