MSC.544(107)-AmendmentstotheRevisedrecommendationontestingoflife-savingappliances

MSC 107/20/Add.1Annex 14,page 1ANNEX 14RESOLUTION MSC.544(107)(adopted on 8 June 2023)AMENDMENTS TO THE REVISED RECOMMENDATION ONTESTING OF LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES(RESOLUTION MSC.81(70))THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE.RECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee.RECALLING ALSO that the Assembly,when adopting resolution A.689(17)on Testing oflife-saving appliances,authorized the Committee to keep the annexed Recommendation ontesting of life-saving appliances under review and to adopt,when appropriate,amendmentsthereto.RECALLING FURTHER that,since the adoption of resolution A689(17),the Committee hasamended the Recommendation annexed thereto by resolutions MSC.54(66)and MSC.81(70),and by circulars MSC/Circ.596,MSC/Circ.615 and MSC/Circ.809.RECOGNIZING the need to ensure that the references in the Revised recommendation ontesting of life-saving appliances(resolution MSC.81(70))are kept up to date,1ADOPTS the Amendments to the Revised recommendation on testing of life-savingappliances (resolution MSC.81(70)),set out in the annex to the present resolution;2RECOMMENDS Governments to ensure that life-saving appliances installed on orafter 1 January 2029 conform to the amended prototype tests in sections 6(Lifeboats)and 7(Rescue boats and fast rescue boats),as set out in the annex to the present resolution;INVITES Contracting Governments to the SOLAS Convention to bring the aboveamendments to the attention of all parties concerned.I:MSC107MSC 107/20/Add.1.docx