RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.5(48), by which it adopted the International Code for the
Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk ("the IGC
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 ("the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation VII/11.1 of the Convention concerning the
procedure for amending the IGC
Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 104th session, amendments to the IGC
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
IGC
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
said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2023, 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 note that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1
January 2024 upon its acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purpose 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.