RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.744(18) by
which the Assembly adopted the Guidelines on the enhanced programme
of inspections during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers (the
Guidelines),
RECALLING FURTHER article
VIII(b) and regulation XI-1/2 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") concerning the
procedure for amending the Guidelines,
NOTING that the Assembly, when adopting resolution A.744(18), requested the Maritime
Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to
keep the Guidelines under review and update them as necessary, in
the light of experience gained in their application,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eightieth session, amendments
to the Guidelines 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 Guidelines on the enhanced programme of inspections
during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers, 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 2006, 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 2007 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.