RESOLUTION A.

494(XII) adopted on 19 November 1981

REVISED INTERIM SCHEME FOR TONNAGE MEASUREMENT FOR CERTAIN SHIPS
 RESOLUTION A.494(XII) adopted on 19 November 1981
REVISED INTERIM SCHEME FOR TONNAGE MEASUREMENT FOR CERTAIN SHIPS

INTER-GOVERNMENTAL MARITIME
CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION Disfa~.
GElf.GR.AL
A XII/Res. 494
ASSEr<IBLY - 12th session
4 ,Tcnu~.ry 1982
.Agenda item lO(b) Original : EHGLIS1-I

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RESOLUTION :A.~·494(XII)
adopted on 19 lJovember 1981

lTh-VISEID Il'ifl1ERUI SCEEME FOR TONNAGE ri'IEASUPJITIYI!ill.~

FOil CIBTAIN SHIPS

Tlfil .AS8El'1IBLY,

lIBCi'..LLilIG .Article 16(i) of the Convention on the Inte~-Gove:rnmental J.'Iaritime

Consultative Organization,

NOI1IHG that the Irrbeznat Lona'l Convention on Tonnage Heaeuremerrb of Ships,

1969, will come into force on 10 July 19829

REALIZING that tom1a~es determined under the 1969 Tonnage Convention can be
sufficiently different from those determined under tonnage regulations presently
in force to create dj_fficulties in connexi.on with the application of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, in force,

, REC.A.LLHTG Itecormnendat.Lon 2 of the International Confe:rence on '11onnage

Heasurement, 1969, which, inter~' recognized that the transition from
existing t onnage measurement systems to the new system provided in the 1969
'I'onnage Convent.Lon shoul.d cause the least possible impact on the economics of
merchant ships,

13&\}lING TIT HIND that· the International Convention for the Saf e'ty of Life at
Sea does not specifically define the groas tonnage of ships which should be
measured for the purpose of a}):plication of the provisions of that Convention,

RECALLING .ALSO that it adopted by Tesolution A.389(X) an interim scheme for

tonnage measurement for certain ships, in oxdar to ovez-come possible difficulties
which mig.i.11.t ar i.se with regard to the application of the safety requirements in
:torce for ceJ~·tain ships when measured in accordance with the 1969 Tonnage
Convention in compard son with the national tonnage rules in effect prior to the
coming into force of that Convention,

For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited number. Delegates

are kindly asked to bring their copies to meetings and not to request additional copies.
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REALIZIIJG that these difficulties wili continue to exist in respect of

comp'Lfance with Hegulation 3 of Chapter nr of the 197 4 SOLAS Convention, but that
those difficulties mo,y be resolved when a future global maritime distress and
safety system. enters into force,

:BEilTG AW.APJTI ALSO that similar diffic'Ul ties will continue to exist in respect
of other relevant provisions of the 1.97 f:. S91.A~ -Oonventd on which are activated at
500 and 1,600 gross "tqns and that. the
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first and
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. . sets of amendments to the
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1974 SOLAS Convention are currently under consideration,

IIAVHTG CONSIDERED the recommendations made by the Mari time Saf e-'cy Committee
at its forty-fourth session,

1 -'VOIIBS resolution A. 389(Xh

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2 f.J)OPTS the following revised interim scheme for tonnage measurement for
certain ships:

(a) At the request of a shi.pownen, the Ad.ministration may allow a ship

required to be measured under the provisions of the International
Convention on Tonnage Heasurement of Ships, 1969, to use the gro"ss
tonnage measured under; ~the national tonnage rules ·which are in effect
prior to the coming into force of the·l969 Tonnage Convention, for the
purpose of applic_ation of the provisions of the InternationaJ. Convention
f ~.:c the Safety of Life at Sea, such tonnage, however, shaJ.l not be shown
on the 1969 Tonnage Certificate7
{b) For such a ship, the apt>:r·opriate box Ln the pertinent. Ship Safety
Certificate of the L"lternational Convention for the Safety of Life at
,Sea, in force, or othe-r such official certificate issued by the
Adrninistration may show only the g.coss toni."1.age measured under the
na+Lonal. tonnage rules which were in effect prior to the coming into
f o:cce of the International Convention on Tonnage NeasUJ'..'ement of Ships
with the following footnote:

"The above gross tonnage has been measured by the tonnac,""e

authorities of the Administ:t'a:tion in acco'rdance with the natd onal,
tonnage rules which were: in"force prior to the coming into force
of the International Convention on Tonnage .i"leas'll:!?emen-c, 1969. "?
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3 l.i.GREi~S that the interim scheme shall not apply to ships the keels of which
a.re laid a.f-'cer 31 December 1985 lJHh the following exceptions:

(a,) In respect of the requirements of Regulation 3 of Chapt ex r:v of ·che

1974 SOLAS Convention for ships the keels of which axe laid before
18 July 1994, the L.dministration may continue to apply the interim
scheme, in which case the above-mentioned entry should be made in the
Radiotelephony Certificate only; and

(b) In respect of the regulations for cargo ships of less than 1,600 tons
gross tom1age (as measured under national systems), the keels of which
a.re laid after 31 December 1985, the .Administration may cont.Inue to
apJ)ly the in-ce:t.'im scheme until 18 July 1994;;

4 RI~Q1J£STS the IfaJ}i time Safety Committee to ensure that a cornple·te and
thorough analysis of the continued use of +onnage as a regulatory criterion in
the cm:-rent International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and other
conventions as appropriate, be completed not later than 31 December 1986, at
which time the I1ari time Safety Committee shoul.d consider the implications of
the anal.ys.l s 9

5 INVITES Iforn.ber Coverrnaerrt a and Governments of States Parties to the

afo:cementioned Convention to take cognizance and -co accept the use of this inJcerim
sche0.e for the pur-pose of application of the provisions of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.
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REVISED INTERIM SCHEME FOR TONNAGE MEASUREMENT FOR CERTAIN SHIPS