RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.122(75) by which it adopted the International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (hereinafter referred to as "the IMDG
Code"), which has become mandatory under chapter
VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life
at Sea, 1974, as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and
regulation VII/1.1 of the Convention concerning the amendment procedure
for amending the IMDG Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, amendments
to the IMDG 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 IMDG 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 said amendments shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 July 2007, 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 the Convention
to note that, in accordance with article
VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter
into force on 1 January 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with
paragraph 2 above;
4. AGREES that Contracting Governments to the
Convention may apply the aforementioned amendments in whole or in
part on a voluntary basis as from 1 January 2007;
5. 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;
6. 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.