The annex of his document has been consolidated into STCW
Code
RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING FURTHER article XII and regulation regulation I/1.2.3 of the International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 ("the Convention"), concerning the
procedures for amending part A of the Seafarers' Training, Certification and
Watchkeeping (STCW) Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-fifth session, amendments to part A of the
STCW Code, proposed and circulated in accordance with article article
XII(1)(a)(i) of the Convention,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article
XII(1)(a)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the STCW Code, the text of
which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article
XII(1)(a)(vii)(2) of the Convention, that the said amendments to the STCW
Code shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2016, unless, prior to that date,
more than one third of Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which
constitute not less than 50% of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant shipping of
ships of 100 gross register tons or more, have notified to the Secretary-General of the
Organization their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Parties to note that, in accordance with article
XII(1)(a)(ix) of the Convention, the annexed amendments to the STCW Code
shall enter into force on 1 January 2017 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article
XII(1)(a)(v) of the Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present
resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the
Convention; and
5 REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and its annex
to Members of the Organization, which are not Parties to the Convention.