Council Decision (EU) 2021/778 of 6 May 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union during the 103rd session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization and the 76th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization, on the adoption of amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, the International Code for Fire Safety Systems and the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2021/778
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf during the 103rd session of the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization’s (‘IMO’) shall be to agree to the adoption of amendments to:

(a)

the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, as laid down in Annexes 7 and 8 to IMO document MSC 102/24;

(b)

the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections During Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, as laid down in Annex 15 to IMO document MSC 102/24; and

(c)

the International Code for Fire Safety Systems, as laid down in Annex 20 to IMO document MSC 102/24.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf during the 76th session of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee shall be to agree to the adoption of amendments to the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, as laid down in Annex 7 to IMO document MEPC 75/18.

Article 3

1.   The positions to be taken on the Union’s behalf as set out in Articles 1 and 2 cover the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and that they may affect Union common rules, and shall be expressed by the Member States, which are all members of the IMO, acting jointly in the interests of the Union.

2.   Minor changes to the positions referred to in Articles 1 and 2 may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.

Article 4

Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interests of the Union, by the amendments referred to in Articles 1 and 2, to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.