The annex of this document has been consolidated into 2008 IS Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.267(85) by which it adopted the International Code on Intact Stability, 2008
("2008 IS Code"),
NOTING the provisions regarding the procedure for amendments to the introduction and part A
of the 2008 IS Code, stipulated in paragraph (16).1 of regulation I/3 of the
Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 ("1988 Load
Lines Protocol"), as amended by resolution MSC.270(85),
RECOGNIZING the need to include provisions regarding ships engaged in anchor handling,
lifting and towing operations, including escort towing, in the 2008
IS Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-seventh session, amendments to the introduction and part A
of the 2008 IS Code, proposed and circulated in accordance with paragraph
2(a) of Article VI of the 1988 Load Lines Protocol,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with paragraph 2(d) of Article VI of the 1988 Load Lines Protocol,
amendments to the introduction and part A of the 2008
IS Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with paragraph 2(f)(ii)(bb) of Article VI of the 1988 Load
Lines Protocol, that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July
2019, unless, prior to that date, more than one third of the Parties to the 1988 Load Lines
Protocol, or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50% of
all the merchant fleets of all Parties, have notified the Secretary-General of the
Organization of their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Parties to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol to note that, in accordance with
paragraph 2(g)(ii) of Article VI of the 1988 Load Lines Protocol, the amendments shall
enter into force on 1 January 2020 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2
above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization, for the purposes of paragraph 2(e) of
Article VI of the 1988 Load Lines Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present
resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the 1988
Load Lines Protocol;
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General of the Organization to transmit copies of this
resolution and its annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Parties to the 1988
Load Lines Protocol.