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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventieth session and the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its forty-second session, approved Interim guidelines for port State control (PSC) related to the ISM Code, developed by the FSI Sub-Committee at its sixth session, as set out at annex. These interim guidelines will be considered further at FSI 7 with a view to producing draft amendments to resolution A.787(19).

  2 When exercising port State control related to the ISM Code in accordance with regulation 6.2 of chapter IX of SOLAS 74, as amended, port States are urged to apply the interim guidelines.

  3 Port States should recognize that port State control related to the ISM Code should be an inspection and not an audit. The ISM Code has been developed to promote a safety culture and is not intended to penalise those ships/operators whose Safety Management Systems embrace the principles and requirements of the ISM Code.

  4 Port States are urged to ensure that their PSC officers (PSCOs) have the requisite training and appropriate knowledge of the provisions of the ISM Code when applying the interim guidelines.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.890 – Interim Guidelines for Port State Control Related to the ISM Code – (Adopted on 18 December 1998)
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