THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of
Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), concerning the
amendment procedure applicable to the Annex to the Convention, other than the provisions of
chapter I thereof,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, amendments to the Convention,
proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the
Convention, 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 the
said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2007, 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 their objections to the amendments;
3. INVITES SOLAS 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 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with 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. FURTHER REQUESTS 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.
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