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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.194(80) - Adoption of Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as Amended - (Adopted on 20 May 2005) - The Maritime Safety Committee,

The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), concerning the amendment procedure applicable to the Annex to the Convention, other than the provisions of chapter I thereof,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eightieth session, amendments to the Convention, proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,

  1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the Convention, the text of which is set out in the annexes to the present resolution;

  2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vi)(2)(bb) of the Convention, that:

  • (a) the said amendments set out in annex 1 shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2006; and

  • (b) the said amendments set out in annex 2 shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2008,

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 their objections to the amendments;

  3. INVITES SOLAS Contracting Governments to note that, in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention:

  • (a) the amendments set out in annex 1 shall enter into force on 1 January 2007; and

  • (b) the amendments set out in annex 2 shall enter into force on 1 January 2009,

upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

  4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with 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. FURTHER REQUESTS 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.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.194(80) - Adoption of Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as Amended - (Adopted on 20 May 2005)
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