Council Decision (EU) 2025/1285 of 20 June 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session as regards the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (1994 HSC Code) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (2000 HSC Code)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2025/1285
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to Chapters II-1, II-2 and V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, set out in Annexes 1, 2, 3 and 4 to IMO document MSC 110/3.

Article 2

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

Minor changes to the position as set out in Article 1 may be agreed upon without a further decision of the Council.

Article 3

Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interest of the Union, by the proposed amendments, 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.