Council Decision (EU) 2022/644 of 12 April 2022 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 105th session and within the International Maritime Organization’s Facilitation Committee during its 46th session as regards the adoption of amendments to the resolutions on performance standards in relation to equipment used in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System and of amendments to the Annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL)

The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee during its 105th session shall be to support the adoption of the amendments to the following resolutions on performance standards in relation to equipment used in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: A.699(17), A.700(17), MSC.148(77), A.530(13), A.802(19), A.803(19), A.804(19), A.806(19), A.807(19), MSC.149(77), MSC.80(70) and A.811(19).

The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the International Maritime Organization’s Facilitation Committee during its 46th session shall be to support the adoption of the amendments to the Annex to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic.

1 The positions to be adopted on behalf of the Union specified in this Decision cover the amendments concerned to the extent that those amendments fall under the exclusive competence of the Union and are capable of affecting Union common rules. Those positions 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 positions referred to in Articles 1 and 2 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 Articles 1 and 2, 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.