Decision 2025/1285 - EU position within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session as regards the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (1994 HSC Code) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (2000 HSC Code)

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This decision entered into force on June 20, 2025.

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Council Decision (EU) 2025/1285 of 20 June 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session as regards the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (1994 HSC Code) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (2000 HSC Code)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2025/1285
Regdoc number ST(2025)9465
Original proposal COM(2025)249 EN
CELEX number i 32025D1285

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Key dates

Document 20-06-2025; Date of adoption
Effect 20-06-2025; Entry into force Date of document See Art 4
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

 

Official Journal

of the European Union

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2025/1285

1.7.2025

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/1285

of 20 June 2025

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session as regards the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (1994 HSC Code) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (2000 HSC Code)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Action by the Union in the sector of maritime transport should aim to improve maritime safety and to protect the marine environment and human health.

 

(2)

The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at its 110th session from 18 to 27 June 2025 (‘MSC 110’), is expected to adopt amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (‘1994 HSC Code’) and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (‘2000 HSC Code’).

 

(3)

It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at MSC 110, as the envisaged amendments to SOLAS, the 1994 HSC Code and the 2000 HSC Code are capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1975 (2).

 

(4)

The Union should support the amendments to Chapter II-1 of SOLAS, because they will provide clarification and certainty on the application of the International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or Other Low-flashpoint Fuels (‘IGF Code’) to gaseous fuels. The Union should support the amendments to Chapter II-2 of SOLAS, because they will ensure consistent implementation of that chapter for passenger ships and cargo ships. The Union should support the amendments to Chapter V of SOLAS, because they will improve the safety of pilots at sea. The Union should also support the amendments to the 1994 HSC Code and the 2000 HSC Code because they will align the lifejacket carriage requirements with the requirements in Chapter III of SOLAS and improve the safety of infants in the event of an accident.

 

(5)

The Union is neither a member of the IMO nor a contracting party to SOLAS and its related mandatory codes. The Council should therefore authorise the Member States to express the position of the Union at MSC 110.

 

(6)

The scope of this Decision should be limited to the content of the proposed amendments, to the extent that they 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee at its 110th session shall be to agree to the adoption of the amendments to Chapters II-1, II-2 and V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, the 1994 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft and the 2000 International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, set out in Annexes 1, 2, 3 and 4 to IMO document MSC 110/3.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf as set out in Article 1 covers the proposed amendments to the extent that those amendments fall under the...


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