RECALLING article 28(b) of the Convention related to the
creation of the International Maritime Organization concerning the
functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO regulation V/11 of
the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),
1974 concerning the adoption by the Organization of ship-reporting
systems,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution A.858(20), which authorizes
the Committee to perform the function of adopting ship-reporting systems
on behalf of the Organization,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Guidelines and criteria for ship-reporting
systems, adopted by resolution MSC.43(64), as amended by resolution
MSC.111(73),
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendations of the Sub-Committee
on Safety of Navigation at its fiftieth session,
HAVING ALSO NOTED that the Marine Environment Protection
Committee, at its fifty-second session, endorsed the recommendations
of the Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation at its fiftieth session
and designated the Western European Waters as a Particularly Sensitive
Sea Area (PSSA) by resolution MEPC.121(52),
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with SOLAS regulation V/11, the ship-reporting system
in the Western European Particularly Sensitive Sea Area as described
in the Annexes to this resolution;
2. DECIDES that this mandatory ship-reporting
system will enter into force at 0000 hours UTC on 1 July 2005;
3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to bring this
resolution and its Annexes to the attention of Contracting Governments
to the SOLAS Convention and to members of the Organization who are
not parties to the Convention.