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The Maritime Safety Committee,

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee at its seventy-seventh session (28 May to 6 June 2003), bearing in mind the provisions of section 4.3 of Part A and sections 4.3 to 4.7 of part B of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) on Recognized Security Organization (RSO), developed the attached Interim guidelines for the authorization of recognized security organizations acting on behalf of the administration and/or designated authority of a contracting government.

  2 The interim guidelines may be revised, based on the experience gained on the implementation of the new SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code and, in particular, with the designation of RSOs after 1 July 2004.

  3 Member Governments and international organizations concerned are recommended to bring this circular to the attention of all parties concerned.


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