1 The Maritime Safety Committee (the Committee),
at its ninety-third session (14 to 23 May 2014), reiterating the decision
of MSC 59 related to the four-year cycle for the entry into force
of amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
reinstated the four-year cycle and, in this respect, approved the Guidance
on entry into force of amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and
related mandatory instruments, as set out in the annex.
2 Members are invited to take into account the
annexed Guidance when considering the work arrangements of the Committee
and its subsidiary bodies and when deciding on the entry-into-force
date of amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and related mandatory
instruments.