Date:23 September 1998
Reference:98-0941
Captain C H Piersall
Chairman of ISO/TC 8
C/o Netherlands Normalisatie-Instituut
Kalfjeslaan 2
Delft
P.O.Box 5059
2600 GB Delft
Netherlands
FAX:+31 15 2 690 190
e-mail:Han.vanElk@nni.nl
Dear Captain Piersall,
1. Reference is made to the report of the 26th meeting of the ISO/TC 8 Advisory Group, Lisboa, 1998-06-ll/12 in its document ISO/TC 8AGN513/8N919 dated 1998-06-25, which the IACS Permanent Secretariat received with appreciation.
2. Unfortunately, IACS had not received an invitation to that meeting of the Advisory Group and it is regretted that it was not possible to send an IACS Observer to the meeting.
3. IACS has endeavoured and is endeavouring to promote communications with the Maritime Industries and, in this regard, an IACS Observer has been involved in a number of meetings of ISO, in particular of TC 8.
4. It will be recalled that following an initiative of Mr E Mitropoulos, a special meeting was held on Monday 30th March 1998 during the 41st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee in the IMO office of Mr Mitropoulos. The following attended the meeting:-
Mr E Mitropoulos (IMO)
Mr K Sekimizu (IMO)
Mr M Julian (Chairman of MEPC 41)
Capt C H Piersall (ISO)
Mr A Myklebust (IACS)
Mr J R G Smith (IACS)
