Council Decision (EU) 2019/2008 of 28 November 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the International Maritime Organization during the 31st session of its Assembly on the adoption of amendments to resolution A.658(16) on Use and fitting of retro-reflective materials on life-saving appliances and the adoption of a resolution on Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC)

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 31st session of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) shall be to agree to: (a) the adoption of amendments to resolution A.658(16) on Use and fitting of retro‐reflective materials on life-saving appliances, as laid down in Annex 27 to IMO document MSC 101/24/Add.1, or alternatively of the amendments proposed in IMO document A 31/10/4; and (b) the adoption of a resolution on Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC) and the revocation of resolution A.1120(30), as laid down in Annex 11 to IMO document III 6/15/Add.1.

1 The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf as set out in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States, which are all members of the IMO, acting jointly in the interests of the Union.

2 Minor changes to the position referred to in Article 1 may be agreed without further decision of the Council.

The Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interests of the Union, by the amendments referred to in Article 1(a) and the resolution referred to in Article 1(b), to the extent that those amendments and that resolution fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.