RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING resolution MSC.4(48), by which it adopted the International
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk (hereinafter referred to as "the IBC Code"), which
has become mandatory under chapter VII of the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred
to as "the Convention"),
NOTING ALSO article VIII(b) and
regulation VII/8.1 of the Convention
concerning the procedure for amending the IBC Code,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its ninety-third session, amendments
to the IBC 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 IBC 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 amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July
2015 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 note that,
in accordance with article VIII(b)(vii)(2) of the Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on
1 January 2016 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph
2 above;
4 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;
5 ALSO 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.