MSC_Resolution_34992

MSC 92/26/Add.1Annex 1,page 1ANNEX 1RESOLUTION MSC.349(92)(Adopted on 21 June 2013)CODE FOR RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS(RO CODE)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE.RECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee,RECALLING ALSO resolution A.739(18)entitled Guidelines for the authorization oforganizations acting on behalf of the Administration,as amended by resolution MSC.208(81),and resolution A.789(19)entitled Specifications on the survey and certification functions ofrecognized organizations acting on behalf of the Administration,which have becomemandatory under chapter XI-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea(SOLAS),1974(hereinafter referred to as "the 1974 SOLAS Convention"),under chapter I ofannex I to annex B of the Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on LoadLines,1966(hereinafter referred to as "the 1988 Load Lines Protocol"),and under Annex Iand Annex ll of the MARPOL Convention,RECOGNIZING the need to update the aforementioned resolutions,gather all the applicablerequirements for recognized organizations in a single IMO mandatory instrument and assistin achieving harmonized and consistent global implementation of requirements establishedby IMO instruments for the assessment and authorization of recognized organizations.RECOGNIZING ALSO the need for a code to provide,as far as national laws allow,a standard approach to assist the Administrations in meeting their responsibilitiesin recognizing,authorizing and monitoring their recognized organizations,NOTING resolutions MSC.350(92)and MSC.356(92),by which it adopted,inter alia,amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol,respectively,to make the provisions of part 1 and part 2 of the Code for recognized organizations mandatoryunder the 1974 SOLAS Convention and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol,NOTING ALSO resolution MEPC.237(65)by which the Marine Environment ProtectionCommittee adopted the Code for recognized organizations to be made mandatory underannex I and annex ll of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Intemational Convention for thePrevention of Pollution from Ships,1973,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its ninety-second session,the text of the proposed Code forrecognized organizations,CONSIDERING that it is highly desirable for the Code for recognized organizationsmade mandatory under the MARPOL Convention,the 1974 SOLAS Convention andthe 1988 Load Lines Protocol to remain identical,1.ADOPTS the Code for recognized organizations (RO Code),the text of which isset out in the annex to the present resolution;I:MSC92126-Add-1.doc