RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO article VI of
the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load
Lines, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as the "1988 Load Lines Protocol")
concerning amendment procedures,
RECOGNIZING the need to improve clarity and standardize
the application of damage stability requirements concerning initial
conditions of loading and conditions of equilibrium for oil, chemical
and gas tankers,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-first session, amendments
to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance
with paragraph 2(a) of article VI thereof,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with paragraph 2(d) of article VI of the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, amendments to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol, the text of
which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with paragraph 2(f)(ii)(bb)
of article VI of the 1988 Load
Lines Protocol, that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 January 2014, unless, prior to that date, more than
one third of the Parties to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol or Parties
the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50
per cent of the gross tonnage of all the merchant fleets of all Parties,
have notified their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES the Parties concerned to note that,
in accordance with paragraph 2(g)(ii) of article
VI of the 1988 Load Lines Protocol, the amendments shall enter
into force on 1 July 2014 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with paragraph 2(e) of article VI of
the 1988 Load Lines Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the
present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the
annex to all Parties to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol;
5 ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization,
which are not Parties to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol.