RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.959(23) on
Format and guidelines for the maintenance of the Continuous Synopsis
Record (CSR) and in particular operating paragraph 4(b) through which
the Assembly has requested the Committee to keep the Format and guidelines
under review and amend them, as appropriate, in the light of experience
gained,
NOTING ALSO that on a number of occasions ships have encountered
difficulties during the exercise of control pursuant to the provisions
of regulation I/19 of the Convention
and/or during the exercise of control and compliance measures pursuant
to the provisions of regulation XI-2/9 of
the Convention as a result of matters related to the Continuous Synopsis
Record,
ACKNOWLEDGING the need to review and amend the guidelines
for the maintenance and the forms of the Continuous Synopsis Record
as result of the experience gained,
HAVING ADOPTED amendments to the provisions of the regulation XI-1/3 of the Convention to
introduce the IMO Unique Company and Registered Owner Identification
Number Scheme and to regulation XI-1/5 of
the Convention (SOLAS regulation XI-1/5) to include in the Continuous
Synopsis Record the registered owner and the company identification
numbers,
RECOGNIZING the need to reflect the aforesaid amendments
to SOLAS regulation XI-1/5 in the
forms of the Continuous Synopsis Record,
1. ADOPTS:
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.1 amendments to the Format and Guidelines for
the maintenance of the Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR), as set out
in Annex 1 to the present resolution
to reflect the experience gained;
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.2 amendment to the Format and Guidelines for
the maintenance of the Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR), as set out
in Annex 2 to the present resolution
to reflect the amendments to SOLAS regulation
XI-1/5;
2. DECIDES that the amendments to the annex to resolution A.959(23) set out in Annex 1 should enter into force on
the date of adoption of the present resolution and those set out in Annex 2 should enter into force on
1 January 2009;
3. STRONGLY URGES Contracting Governments to the
Convention to meet their obligations under SOLAS regulation XI-1/5 and resolution A.959(23) and, in particular,
when a ship entitled to fly their flag is transferred to the flag
of another Contracting Government to the Convention, to forward to
it the Continuous Synopsis Record of the ship as soon as possible
and within the time frame prescribed in resolution
A.959(23), as amended, so as to enable the latter Government
to promptly issue to the ship the required Continuous Synopsis Record;
4. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention
to bring to its attention any difficulties encountered with the implementation
of the provisions of SOLAS regulation
XI-1/5 or of resolution A.959(23) as
amended for consideration of the issues involved and decision on the
actions to be taken.