BLG 4/18
ANNEX 5
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.2 amendments to the IBC Code and the IGC Code will take effect with respect to ships entitled to fly the flags of States the Governments of which are Contracting Governments of the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
irrespective of whether they are also Parties to the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols or not,
BEING DESIROUS that all States apply a single and uniform system of survey and certification to all types of ships entitled to fly their flags,
RECALLlNG resolution A.718(17) on Early implementation of the harmonized system of survey and certification which encourages States to introduce the harmonized system of survey and certification prior to the entry into force of the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols,
BEING CONVINCED that the harmonized system of survey and certification is at least equivalent to the system provided in the existing SOLAS and Load Line Conventions,
BELIEVING that the implementation of a single and uniform system of survey and certification could best be achieved through the introduction of the harmonized system of survey and certification also by States which are not parties to the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols, as equivalent to the existing system,
BELIEVING ALSO that the global implementation of the harmonized system of survey and certification by all States could avoid possible problems or confusion in contributing to the determination of the duration and validity of certificates issued,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime Safety Committee at its [seventy-first] session and the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its [forty-third] session,
1. AGREES that States which are not parties to the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols may:
.1 implement the harmonized system of survey and certification as from 3 February 2000; and
.2 issue certificates in the form prescribed by the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols as modified in accordance with the Annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES States, whether Parties to the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols or not, to accept the certificates issued in accordance with paragraph 1 above as equivalent to the certificates issued under the SOLAS and Load Line Conventions or Protocols in force for those States;
3. URGES States which have not yet become Parties to the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols to do so as soon as possible.
