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, 1974,
as amended (SOLAS Convention), 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 of Navigation, at its fifty-sixth session,
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1. ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/11, a new mandatory ship
reporting system "In the Sound between Denmark and Sweden" (SOUNDREP),
as set out in annex;
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2. DECIDES that the above-mentioned new mandatory
ship reporting system will enter into force at 0000 hours UTC on 1
September 2011;
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3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its annex to the attention of Contracting Governments
to the SOLAS Convention and to members of the Organization.