The Annex of this document has been consolidated into IGF
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime
Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.391(95), by which it adopted the International Code of
Safety for Ships using Gases or other Low-flashpoint Fuels ("the IGF Code"), which
has become mandatory under chapters II-1 and II-2 of the
International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 ("the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and regulation II-1/2.29 of the Convention concerning the procedure for
amending the IGF Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-eighth session, amendments to the IGF 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 IGF
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 the 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 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
their 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.