Council Decision (EU) 2023/2751 of 30 November 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization during the 33rd session of its Assembly on the adoption of amendments to the Guidelines on places of refuge for ships in need of assistance, to the Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, to the Non-exhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the IMO Instruments Implementation Code and to the Guidelines on implementation of the International Safety Management Code by Administrations

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/2751
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 33rd session of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) shall be to agree to:

(a)

the adoption of the revised Guidelines on places of refuge for ships in need of assistance, as laid down in IMO document MEPC 80/17, Annex 1;

(b)

the adoption of the HSSC Survey Guidelines, 2023, as laid down in IMO document III 9/19/Add. 1, Annex 5;

(c)

the revocation of IMO resolution A.1156(32);

(d)

the adoption of the 2023 Non-exhaustive list of obligations under instruments relevant to the III Code, as laid down in IMO document III 9/19/Add. 1, Annex 6; and

(e)

the adoption of the 2023 Guidelines on implementation of the ISM Code by Administrations, as laid down in IMO document III 9/19/Add. 1, Annex 7.

Article 2

1.   The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf as set out in Article 1 covers the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and to the extent that they may affect Union common rules. It 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.