Council Decision (EU) 2021/2144 of 2 December 2021 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the International Maritime Organization during the 32nd session of its Assembly on the adoption of amendments to the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC)

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union at the 32nd session of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) shall be to agree to the adoption of the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification, 2021, as laid down in IMO document III 7/17/Add.1, section 8 and annex 6, and the consequent revocation of IMO Assembly Resolution A.1140(31).

1 The position to be taken on behalf of the Union as set out in Article 1 covers the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and to the extent that they may affect Union common rules. It 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 upon without further decision of the Council.

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, to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union.

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