The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2014 IGC
Code
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 ninety-ninth 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 2019, 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
2020 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.