Piraterie Maritime

MSC 81/25/Add.1

ANNEX 2

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ANNEX 2

RESOLUTION MSC.202(81)

(adopted on 19 May 2006)

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974, AS AMENDED

THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization

concerning the functions of the Committee,

RECALLING FURTHER article VIII(b) of the International Convention for the Safety of

Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”), concerning the

amendment procedure applicable to the Annex to the Convention, other than the provisions of

chapter I thereof,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-first session, amendments to the Convention,

proposed and circulated in accordance with article VIII(b)(i) thereof,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article VIII(b)(iv) of the Convention, amendments to the

Convention, 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

said amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2007, 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 SOLAS 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 2008 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article VIII(b)(v) of the

Convention, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments

contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;

5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and

its Annex to Members of the Organization, which are not Contracting Governments to the

Convention.

MSC 81/25/Add.1

ANNEX 2

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ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974,

AS AMENDED

CHAPTER V

SAFETY OF NAVIGATION

Regulation 2 – Definitions1

1 The following text is inserted after the existing paragraph 5:

“6 High-speed craft means a craft as defined in regulation X/1.3.

7 Mobile offshore drilling unit means a mobile offshore drilling unit as defined in

regulation XI-2/1.1.5.”

2 The following new regulation 19-1 is inserted after the existing regulation 19:

“Regulation 19-1

Long-range identification and tracking of ships

1 Nothing in this regulation or the provisions of performance standards and

functional requirements 2 adopted by the Organization in relation to the long-range

identification and tracking of ships shall prejudice the rights, jurisdiction or obligations of

States under international law, in particular, the legal regimes of the high seas, the

exclusive economic zone, the contiguous zone, the territorial seas or the straits used for

international navigation and archipelagic sea lanes.

2.1 Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2, this regulation shall apply to

the following types of ships engaged on international voyages:

.1 passenger ships, including high-speed passenger craft;

.2 cargo ships, including high-speed craft, of 300 gross tonnage 3 and

upwards; and

.3 mobile offshore drilling units.

2.2 The term “ship”, when used in paragraphs 3 to 11.2, includes the passenger and

cargo ships, the high-speed craft and the mobile offshore drilling units which are subject

to the provisions of this regulation.

1 The amendments to regulation 2 take into account the amendments to the regulation which were adopted on

20 May 2004, under cover of resolution MSC.153(78), and which will enter into force on 1 July 2006.

2 Refer to the Performance standards and functional requirements for the long-range identification and tracking of

ships, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution MSC.210(81).

3 The gross tonnage to be used for determining whether a cargo ship or high-speed craft is required to comply

with the provisions of this regulation shall be that determined under the provisions of the International

Convention on Tonnage Measurement

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