MSC.484(103)-AMENDMENTSTOFSSCODE

RESOLUTION MSC.484(103)(adopted on 13 May 2021)AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS(FSS CODE)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEERECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee.RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.98(73),by which it adopted the International Code for FireSafety Systems ("the FSS Code"),which has become mandatory under chapter 1l-2 of theInternational Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,1974("the Convention"),RECALLING FURTHER article VIll(b)and regulation Il-2/3.22 of the Convention concerningthe procedure for amending the FSS Code,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 103rd session,amendments to the FSS Code,proposed andcirculated in accordance with article VIll(b)(i)of the Convention,1ADOPTS,in accordance with article VIll(b)(iv)of the Convention,amendments to theFSS Code,the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;2DETERMINES,in accordance with article VIll(b)(vi)(2)(aa)of the Convention,that theamendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 July 2023 unless,prior to that date,more than one third of the Contracting Governments to the Convention,or ContractingGovernments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than 50%of the grosstonnage of the world's merchant fleet,have notified their objections to the amendments;INVITES Contracting Governments to note that,in accordance witharticle VIll(b)(vii)(2)of the Convention,the amendments shall enter into forceon 1 January 2024 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;4REQUESTS the Secretary-General,in conformity with article VIll(b)(v)of theConvention,to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of theamendments contained in the annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;REQUESTS ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and itsannex to Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to theConvention.