Resolution MSC.160(78)/Corr.1
ADOPTION OF THE IMO UNIQUE COMPANY AND REGISTERED OWNER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
SCHEME
(adopted on 20 May 2004)
THE
MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,
RECALLING
Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Committee in relation to regulations and
guidelines concerning maritime safety, security and the prevention and control
of marine pollution from ships,
BELIEVING
that the enhancement of maritime safety, security and pollution prevention and
the prevention of maritime fraud could be facilitated if a permanent
identification number were assigned to companies and registered owners which
would remain unchanged and would be inserted on ships certificates,
HAVING
CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Conference of Contracting
Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
on Maritime Security (Conference resolution 3 on Further work by the
Organization pertaining to the enhancement of maritime security),
1.
ADOPTS the IMO unique company and registered owner identification number
scheme, as set out in the Annex to the present resolution, for implementation
on a voluntary basis;
2.
RECOMMENDS Governments concerned to implement the scheme as far as is
practicable, and to inform IMO of measures taken in this respect.
Annex.
IMO UNIQUE COMPANY AND REGISTERED OWNER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SCHEME
1.
The purpose of the scheme is to enhance maritime safety and security and
pollution prevention and to facilitate the prevention of maritime fraud. It is
not intended to prejudice matters of liability, civil law or other commercial
considerations in the operation of companies and registered owners.
2.
The scheme may be applied by Administrations on a voluntary basis for new or
existing companies and registered owners, managing ships of 100 gross tonnage
and upwards under their flag, involved in international voyages.
Administrations may also wish to assign the IMO numbers to companies and
registered owners engaged solely in domestic trade and to insert the number in
the national certificates.
ASSIGNMENT OF IMO UNIQUE COMPANY AND
REGISTERED OWNER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
3.
The IMO unique company and registered owner identification number is a number,
allocated at the time of issuance of a document listed in paragraph 6, with the
prefix IMO (e.g. IMO 8712345). Administrations which have decided to implement
the scheme are invited to assign all appropriate companies and registered
owners managing ships entitled to fly their flags, or cause them to be
assigned, the IMO unique company and registered owner identification number and
to insert them on ships certificates.
4.
For new companies and registered owners, the assignment of the IMO unique
company and registered owner identification number should be made when the
company s ship is entitled to fly its flag. For existing companies and
registered owners, the assignment of the IMO unique company and registered
owner identification number should be made at an early convenient date, such as
when the certificates listed in this resolution are issued or renewed.
5.
Administrations implementing the scheme are invited to inform the Organization
accordingly, for circulation to other Administrations.
DOCUMENTS ON WHICH THE IMO UNIQUE
COMPANY AND REGISTERED OWNER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS TO BE INSERTED
6.
The IMO unique company and registered owner identification number should be
inserted on the following documents:
.1 Document of
Compliance; Safety Management Certificate; Interim Document of Compliance; and,
Interim Safety Management Certificate, required by the International Safety
Management