RECALLING ALSO resolutions A.343(IX) and A.468(XII) by which the Assembly of the
Organization adopted the Recommendation on methods of measuring noise
levels at listening posts and the Code on noise levels on board ships,
respectively,
RECOGNIZING the need to establish mandatory noise level
limits for machinery spaces, control rooms, workshops, accommodation
and other spaces on board ships, taking into account experience gained
with regard to noise control and allowable exposure levels since the
adoption of resolution A.468(XII),
NOTING regulation II-1/3-12 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), adopted
by resolution MSC.338(91), concerning protection against noise,
NOTING ALSO that the aforementioned regulation II-1/3-12
provides that ships shall be constructed to reduce onboard noise and
to protect personnel from noise in accordance with the Code on noise
levels on board ships (hereinafter referred to as "the Code"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-first session, the recommendation
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-sixth
session,
1 ADOPTS the Code on noise levels on board ships,
the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note
that the Code will take effect on 1 July 2014 upon entry into force of regulation II-1/3-12 of the
Convention;
3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit certified
copies of this resolution and the text of the Code, contained in the
annex, to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;
4 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and the annex to all Members of the Organization
which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.