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Council Decision (EU) 2023/1082 of 30 May 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 107th session as regards the amendment of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), of the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘1994 HSC Code’) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘2000 HSC Code’), of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the ‘Polar Code’), of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) and the STWC Code, and of the International Life-Saving Appliances Code (the ‘LSA Code’)

Council Decision (EU) 2023/1082 of 30 May 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 107th session as regards the amendment of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), of the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘1994 HSC Code’) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘2000 HSC Code’), of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the ‘Polar Code’), of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) and the STWC Code, and of the International Life-Saving Appliances Code (the ‘LSA Code’)

Decision (EU) 2023/1082 · Decision · 4 articles

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Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) during its 107th session (‘MSC 107’) shall be to agree to the amendment of Chapters II-2 and XIV of the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), of the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘1994 HSC Code’) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-speed Craft (the ‘2000 HSC Code’), of the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the ‘Polar Code’), of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) and the STWC Code, and of the International Life-Saving Appliances Code (the ‘LSA Code’), as set out in IMO Circular Letter No 4658/Rev.1.

Article 2

1.   The position to be taken on behalf of the Union referred to in Article 1 covers the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and are capable of affecting Union common rules. That position 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 position referred to in Article 1 may be agreed upon without further decision of the Council.

Article 3

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

Article 4

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

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