RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation V/11 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS
Convention), in relation to the adoption of ship reporting systems
by the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.858(20) resolving that the
function of adopting ship reporting systems shall be performed by
the Committee on behalf of the Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the guidelines and criteria for ship
reporting systems adopted by resolution MSC.43(64), as amended by
resolutions MSC.111(73) and MSC.189(79),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation at its fifty-fourth session,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/11, the new mandatory ship
reporting system “Off the coast of Portugal COPREP”,
set out in the Annex;
2 DECIDES that the mandatory ship reporting system,
“COPREP”, will enter into force at 0000 hours UTC on 1
June 2009; and
3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its Annex to the attention of the Member Governments
and Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention.