Resolution MSC.196(80)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR THE SECURITY OF SHIPS AND OF PORT FACILITIES (INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY (ISPS) CODE)

 (adopted on 20 May 2005)

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

NOTING Conference Resolution 2, by which the 2002 SOLAS Conference adopted the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities (International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code) (hereinafter referred to as the ISPS Code ), which has become mandatory under chapter XI-2 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 XI-2/1.1.12 of the Convention concerning the procedure for amending part A of the ISPS Code,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eightieth session, amendments to part A of the ISPS 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 part A of the ISPS 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 2008, 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 2009 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article