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The Assembly,

RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in relation to regulations and guidelines regarding maritime safety and the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution A.1070(28), it adopted the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code),

RECALLING FURTHER that, by resolution A.1105(29), it adopted the 2015 Non-exhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (hereafter referred to as the "Non-exhaustive list of obligations") for guidance on the implementation and enforcement of IMO instruments, in particular concerning the identification of auditable areas relevant to the IMO Member State Audit Scheme,

RECOGNIZING the need for the annexes to the Non-exhaustive list of obligations to be further revised to take account of the amendments to the IMO instruments relevant to the III Code which have entered into force or become effective since the adoption of resolution A.1105(29),

RECOGNIZING ALSO that parties to the relevant international conventions have, as part of the ratification process, agreed to fully meet their responsibilities and to discharge their obligations under the conventions and other instruments to which they are party,

REAFFIRMING that it is the primary responsibility of States to have in place an adequate and effective system to exercise control over ships entitled to fly their flag and to ensure that they comply with relevant international rules and regulations in respect of maritime safety, security and protection of the marine environment,

REAFFIRMING ALSO that States, in their capacity as flag, port and coastal States, have other obligations and responsibilities under applicable international law in respect of maritime safety, security and protection of the marine environment,

NOTING that, while States may gain certain benefits by becoming party to instruments aimed at promoting maritime safety, security and protection of the marine environment, these benefits can be fully realized only when all parties carry out their obligations as required by the instruments concerned,

NOTING ALSO that the ultimate effectiveness of any instrument depends, inter alia, upon all States:

  • (a) becoming party to all instruments related to maritime safety, security and pollution prevention and control;

  • (b) implementing and enforcing such instruments fully and effectively; and

  • (c) reporting to the Organization as required,

NOTING ALSO that, by resolutions A.1083(28), A.1084(28) and A.1085(28), it adopted amendments to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, and the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under these conventions,

NOTING ALSO that the Maritime Safety Committee, by resolutions MSC.366(93), MSC.373(93), MSC.374(93) and MSC.375(93), adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code, and the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, respectively, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under these instruments,

NOTING FURTHER that the Marine Environment Protection Committee, by resolutions MEPC.246(66) and MEPC.247(66), adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, and the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, respectively, to make the use of the III Code mandatory under these instruments,

HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its seventieth session, and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-seventh and ninety-eighth sessions,

1 ADOPTS the 2017 Non-exhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code), as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

2 URGES Governments of all States, in their capacity as flag, port and coastal States, to make use of the list as much as possible in implementing IMO instruments on a national basis;

3 REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee to keep the list under review and to amend it as necessary;

4 REVOKES resolution A.1105(29).

Parent topic: IMO Resolution A.1121(30) – Non-Exhaustive List of Obligations under Instruments Relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code) – (Adopted on 6 December 2017)
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