MSC.545(107)-Amendmentstothe1979MODUCode

MSC106/19/Add.1Annex 22,page 1ANNEX 22RESOLUTION MSC.545(107)(adopted on 8 June 2023)AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OFMOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS,1979(1979 MODU CODE)THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEERECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee,NOTING that mobile offshore drilling units continue to be moved and operated internationally,RECALLING that the Assembly,when adopting the Code for the Construction and Equipmentof Mobile Offshore Drilling Units in 1979 by resolution A414(XI),authorized the Committee toamend the Code as necessary after due consultations with appropriate organizations,RECALLING ALSO that,in accordance with regulation Il-1/3-5 of the International Conventionfor the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS),1974,new installation of materials which containasbestos is prohibited on all ships,which do not include MODUs,RECOGNIZING that the 1979 MODU Code does not contain any requirements for materialscontaining asbestos,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 107th session,recommendations made by the Sub-Committeeon Ship Design and Construction,at its ninth session(23 to 27 January 2022),1ADOPTS amendments to the 1979 Code the text of which is set out in the annex tothe present resolution;2INVITES all Governments concerned to take appropriate steps to give effect to theannexed amendments to the 1979 MODU Code by 1 January 2024.I:MSC107MSC 107/20/Add.1.docx