International Code on te enhanced programme of inspections during surveys of Bulk carriers and Oil tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code)
THE ASSEMBLY,
RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization regarding the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
RECALLING ALSO resolution A.744(18) by which the Assembly adopted the Guidelines on the enhanced programme of inspections during surveys of bulk carriers and oil tankers (hereinafter referred to as "the Guidelines"),
NOTING that the 1994 Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") adopted regulation XI-1/2 of the Convention to make the provisions of the Guidelines mandatory,
NOTING ALSO resolutions MSC.49(66), MSC.105(73), MSC.125(75), MSC.144(77), MSC.197(80), MSC.261(84) and resolution 2 of the 1997 Conference of Contracting Governments to the Convention, by which amendments to the Guidelines were adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee and the Conference of Contracting Governments to the Convention, in accordance with article VIII(b) and regulation XI-1/2 of the Convention, as appropriate,
RECOGNIZING that the numerous amendments made to the Guidelines necessitated a comprehensive revision in order to ensure the effective implementation of their provisions and to maintain the highest practical level of safety,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its eighty-ninth session,
- ADOPTS the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;
- INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that the 2011 ESP Code will become effective upon entry into force of the associated amendments to chapter XI-1 of the Convention;
- REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the 2011 ESP Code, contained in the annex, to all Contracting Governments to the Convention after the aforementioned amendments to chapter XI-1 of the Convention have been adopted;
- ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General of the Organization to transmit copies of the present resolution and the 2011 ESP Code contained in the annex to all Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to the SOLAS Convention after the aforementioned amendments to chapter XI-1 of the Convention have been adopted;
- FURTHER REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep the Code under review and update it as necessary, in the light of experience gained in its application.