The annex of this document has been consolidated into FSS
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.98(73), by which it adopted the International Code for Fire Safety
Systems ("the FSS
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter II-2 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 ("the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO Article VIII(b) and regulation II-2/3.22 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the FSS Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-seventh session, amendments to the FSS 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 FSS 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 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 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
January 2020 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.