RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation V/11 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974, in relation to the adoption of mandatory ship reporting systems
by the Organization,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.858(20) resolving that the
function of adopting ship reporting systems shall be performed by
the Committee on behalf of the Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Guidelines and criteria for ship
reporting systems, adopted by resolution MSC.43(64), as amended by
resolutions MSC.111(73) and MSC.189(79),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee
on Safety on Navigation, at its fifty-second session,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/11, the amendments to the
existing mandatory ship reporting system “In the Great Belt
Traffic Area”, set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2 DECIDES that the said amendments to the existing
mandatory ship reporting system “In the Storebælt (Great
Belt) Traffic Area (BELTREP)” will enter into force at 0000
hours UTC on 1 July 2007;
3 REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its Annex to the attention of the Member Governments
and SOLAS Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS
Convention.