1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), having noted that the Sub-Committee on
Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC), at its sixteenth
session, had prepared draft amendments to sections 4 and 8 of the IMSBC Code, which are expected to be
adopted by the Committee at its ninety-second session (12 to 21 June
2013), agreed that SOLAS Contracting Governments should be invited
to implement the aforementioned draft amendments on the safe transportation
of solid bulk cargoes, taking into account that the earliest entry-into-force
date of the amendments is expected to be 1 January 2015.
2 The relevant paragraphs of sections 4 and 8
of the draft amendments (02-13) to the IMSBC Code are as follows: