RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international
conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
NOTING the Condition Assessment Scheme, as a mandatory requirement
for oil tankers operating under the provisions of regulations 13G
and 13H of MARPOL Annex I (regulations
20 and 21 of the revised
MARPOL Annex I), adopted by resolution MEPC.94(46), as amended,
RECOGNIZING the convenience to provide guidance for inspection
of fillet weld between deck plating and longitudinals in connection
with thickness measurements requirements as called for in paragraph
7.3.3 and table 7.3.3 of the Condition Assessment Scheme adopted by resolution MEPC.94(46), as amended,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its fifty-fourth session, the recommendation
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment to adopt the
Guidelines on the assessment of residual fillet weld between deck
plating and longitudinals,
1 ADOPTS the Guidelines on the assessment of residual
fillet weld between deck plating and longitudinals, as an optional
provision referred to in Table 7.3.3 of the Condition Assessment Scheme,
the text of which is set out in the Annex to
this resolution;
2 INVITES Governments to bring the Guidelines
to the attention of surveyors, recognized organizations and any other
interested parties when carrying out thickness measurements during
the conduct of CAS surveys.