RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER 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,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-ninth 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 Annex B 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 2006, 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%
of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, 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 2006 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. FURTHER 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.