RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.5(48) by which it adopted
the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code),
BEING DESIROUS of keeping the IGC Code up
to date,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, amendments
to the IGC 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 IGC 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 January 2002, 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 July 2002 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.