Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the International Maritime Organization during the 94th session of the Maritime Safety Committee on the adoption of amendments to the 2011 Enhanced Survey Programme Code

The present Commission proposal concerns the establishment of the Union position at the 94th session of the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee in relation to amendments to the 2011 Enhanced Survey Programme Code as set out below.

The International Maritime Organization's Condition Assessment Scheme (CAS) sets out the framework for an intensified inspection of ships older than 15 years. The enhanced Programme of Inspections during surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers or Enhanced Survey Programme (ESP) specifies how to undertake such an intensified inspection. As the CAS uses the ESP to achieve its aim, the CAS refers to the ESP as a tool to do so.

These amendments to the ESP Code aim to bring the ESP Code in line with International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) current practices and also to allow under certain conditions hydrostatic testing of cargo tanks by the ship's crew, under the direction of the master, in lieu of carrying out such testing in the presence of a surveyor.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)627: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:627:FIN

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