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Circular Letter No.4190

17 December 2019

To: IMO Member States and Associate Members

Subject: Invitation to communicate information to the Organization on

Registries of ships for input into the Registries of ships function in the
Contact Points module in GISIS

1 At its thirty-first session, the Assembly adopted resolution A.1142(31) on Measures to

prevent the fraudulent registration and fraudulent registries of ships, urging Governments to
provide information on their Registries of ships and communicate it to the Organization using
the Procedure contained in the annex to the resolution.

2 Governments are invited to provide information on their Registries of ships, using the
form set out in the annex to this circular letter. After verification, the information will be entered
into the Registries of ships function in the Contact Points module in GISIS by the Secretariat.

3 The duly completed form(s) should be communicated to the Secretary-General in

writing, through the Embassy/High Commission or Permanent Mission of the Government
concerned in the United Kingdom, if so established.

4 If the Government concerned does not have an Embassy or High Commission in the
United Kingdom or Permanent Mission, the information should be communicated through the
Embassy/High Commission in another country or the Permanent or Accredited Representation
to the Organization.

5 If none of these exists, the Secretariat will liaise directly with the Government
concerned.

6 Any change to the name and/or contact details of the Registries of ships shall be
made known in writing to the Secretary-General, without delay, following the procedure
described in paragraphs 3 and 4 above.

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ANNEX

INFORMATION ON REGISTRIES OF SHIPS TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE

ORGANIZATION IN PURSUANCE OF RESOLUTION A.1142(31) FOR INPUT INTO THE
REGISTRIES OF SHIPS FUNCTION IN THE CONTACT POINTS MODULE IN GISIS

IMO Member State:…………………….

Does your country operate a ship registry? Yes ☐

No ☐

Does your country operate a domestic ship registry? Yes ☐

No ☐

Does your country operate an international ship registry? Yes ☐

No ☐

Contact details of the National governmental body(ies), or authorized/delegated entities

in charge of registration of ships - If your country uses field offices to register ships,
please fill in a separate form for each office

Name :………………………………………………………………………………..

Address : ……………………………………………………………………………….

City : ………………………………………………………………………………

Postcode : ………………………………………………………………………………

Country : ………………………………………………………………………………

Email : ………………………………………………………………………………

Telephone : ………………………………………………………………………………

Fax : ……………………………………………………………………………….

Web page :………………………………………………………………………………..

Additional information:

Date from which authority to register ships for the country has been given to the registry:
………………………………………………………………………………………………

Date from which withdrawal of authority to register ships for the country takes effect:
……………………………………………………………………………………………….

Information on entity(ies) that has(have) tried to fraudulently register ships or that has(have)
fraudulently registered ships:
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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Other additional information:

___________________________________
Name and title of Government official
authenticating this information

___________________________________
Signature of Government official
authenticating this information

___________________________________

Date:

___________

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