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 (SOLAS), 1974, as amended
(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-seventh 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)(2)(bb) of the Convention,
that the said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on
1 July 2011, 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 2012 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 2011;
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.