RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety
and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
REAFFIRMING that ships are to comply at all times with the
provisions of relevant international conventions, such as the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974, the International Convention on Load Lines (LL),
1966 and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
(MARPOL 73/78), to ensure prevention of
maritime casualties and marine pollution from ships,
NOTING that Administrations are responsible for taking the
necessary measures to ensure that ships flying their States’
flags comply with the provisions of such conventions, including surveys
and certification,
NOTING FURTHER that, under regulation
I/6 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and regulation 4 (now regulation 6) of Annex I and regulation
10 (now regulation 8) of Annex
II of MARPOL 73/78, the Administration may entrust the inspections
and surveys to nominated surveyors or recognized organizations, and
further that the Administration shall notify the Organization of the
specific responsibilities and conditions of the authority delegated
to nominated surveyors or recognized organizations,
DESIRING to develop uniform procedures and mechanisms for
the delegation of authority to recognized organizations acting on
behalf of the Administration, which would assist flag States in the
uniform and effective implementation of the relevant IMO conventions,
RECALLING that the Assembly, at its eighteenth session,
adopted resolution A.739(18) concerning
guidelines for the authorization of organizations acting on behalf
of the Administration, whereby the Maritime Safety Committee and the
Marine Environment Protection Committee were requested to develop,
as a matter of urgency, detailed specifications on the precise survey
and certification functions of recognized organizations for attachment
to the Guidelines,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fifth session and the Marine Environment
Protection Committee at its thirty-seventh session,
1. ADOPTS the Specifications on the Survey and
Certification Functions of Recognized Organizations Acting on Behalf
of the Administration set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2. URGES Governments as soon as possible to:
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and
the Marine Environment Protection Committee to review these Specifications
with a view to improving them as necessary.