Considerations on COM(2021)671 - EU position in the International Maritime Organization's 32nd Assembly on the adoption of amendments to the Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)671 - EU position in the International Maritime Organization's 32nd Assembly on the adoption of amendments to the Guidelines under ... |
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| document | COM(2021)671  |
| date | December 2, 2021 |
| (2) | The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), during its 32nd session from 6 to 15 December 2021 (‘A 32’), is expected to adopt the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) (‘Survey Guidelines’), 2021, and revoke IMO Assembly Resolution A.1140(31), which contains the Survey Guidelines, 2019. |
| (3) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union during A 32, as the amendments to the Survey Guidelines will be capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). |
| (4) | The adoption of the Survey Guidelines, 2021 and the revocation of the Survey Guidelines, 2019 are part of a regular review. The Union should therefore support those amendments because they will ensure that the Survey Guidelines remain up to date. |
| (5) | The Union is neither a member of the IMO, nor a contracting party to the relevant conventions and codes. The Council should therefore authorise the Member States to express the position of the Union at A 32. |
| (6) | The scope of this Decision should be limited to the content of the proposed amendments, to the extent that those amendments are capable of affecting Union common rules and fall under the exclusive competence of the Union. This decision should not affect the division of competences between the Union and the Member States, |