The Maritime Safety Committee,
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The Maritime Safety Committee,

The annex of this 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 ALSO regulation I/1.2.4 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (the 1978 STCW Convention), regarding the procedure for amendments to part B (recommendatory part) of the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code),

NOTING THAT the List of certificates or documentary evidence required under the 1978 STCW Convention, as set out in table B-I/2 of the STCW Code, should provide updated and clear guidance for STCW Parties, Administrations, PSC authorities, recognized organizations and other relevant parties.

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its 102nd session, amendments to part B of the STCW Code proposed by the Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping at its sixth session,

1 ADOPTS amendments to part B of the STCW Code, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 RECOMMENDS that Parties use the amendments to part B of the STCW Code as recommended guidance for the implementation, application and enforcement of measures to give the Convention full and complete effect in a uniform manner;

3 DETERMINES that said amendments should become effective on 1 January 2021.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.478(102) - Amendments to Part B of the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code (STCW Code) - (adopted on 5 November 2020)
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