11 Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman for 1999
12 Work programme
13 Any other business
14 Report to the Maritime Safety Committee
Notes：
1 In accordance with the Guidelines on the Organization and Method of Work of the MSC and the MEPC and their subsidiary bodies (MSC/Circ. 816/MEPC/Circ. 331)：
.1 documents* should be received in the Secretariat as follows：
(a) documents (including information documents) containing more than 6 pages of text (bulky documents) and documents which require action or decision,by 24 April 1998;
(b) non bulky documents, by 22 May 1998; and
(c) documents commenting on those referred to in subparagraph (a) above containing 4 pages or less, by 5 June 1998. These documents should start with a paragraph clearly indicating the document on which comments are made and stating that the document is submitted in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 45.4 of the aforementioned Guidelines;
.2 for reasons of economy, documents should be submitted in single spacing, be as concise as possible and：
(a) all documents should include a brief summary prepared in accordance with appendix 5 of the above-mentioned Guidelines;
(b) substantive documents should conclude with a summary of the action which the Sub-Committee is invited to take; and
(c) information documents should conclude with a summary of the information contained therein; and
.3 to facilitate the processing of documents, they should be accompanied by computer diskettes, preferably in WordPerfect, where available or sent via the Internet as text or in WordPerfect to e-mail address "info@imo.org".
* Refer to Circular letter NO. 1933 of 13 October 1996, regarding the new format of IMO documents applicable as from 1 January 1997
