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MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEE MSC 101/2/1

101st session 15 April 2019
Agenda item 2 Original: ENGLISH
Pre-session public release: ☒

DECISIONS OF OTHER IMO BODIES

Outcome of LEG 106

Note by the Secretariat

SUMMARY

Executive summary: This document provides information on the outcome of LEG 106 on
matters of interest to the Committee

Strategic direction, if Not applicable

applicable:

Output: Not applicable

Action to be taken: Paragraph 2

Related document: LEG 106/16

General

1 The 106th session of the Legal Committee was held from 27 to 29 March 2019 and
its report has been circulated under the symbol LEG 106/16. Decisions of LEG 106 relevant to
the work of the Committee are outlined below with reference to the relevant agenda items of
the Committee's provisional agenda (MSC 101/1):

.1 Agenda item 2 – Decisions of other IMO bodies

Facilitation of the entry into force and harmonized interpretation of the 2010
HNS Protocol
LEG 106/16, section 3

Provision of financial security in case of abandonment of seafarers

LEG 106/16, section 4

Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident

LEG 106/16, section 5

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Advice and guidance in connection with the implementation of IMO

instruments
LEG 106/16, section 6

Measures to prevent unlawful practices associated with the fraudulent

registration and fraudulent registries of ships
LEG 106/16, section 7

Fair treatment of seafarers on suspicion of committing maritime crimes

LEG 106/16, section 15

.2 Agenda item 5 – Regulatory scoping exercise for the use of Maritime

Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

Regulatory scoping exercise and gap analysis of conventions emanating

from the Legal Committee with respect to Maritime Autonomous Surface
Ships (MASS)
LEG 106/16, section 8

.3 Agenda item 18 – Piracy and armed robbery against ships

Piracy
LEG 106/16, section 9

.4 Agenda item 19 – Unsafe mixed migration by sea

Safety and security of Masters and crew

LEG 106/16, section 15

Action requested of the Committee

2 The Committee is invited to note the above information and take action, as
appropriate, when considering the relevant agenda items.

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