Entry into force Entry into force
6 1988 GMDSS Amendments CONF A.
Adoption
A Conference of Contracting Governments to the Convention convened in accordance with article VIII of the Convention and held at London in OctoberNovember 1988 adopted amendments to the Convention concerning
Radiocommunications for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. B.
Entry into force
The Conference determined, in accordance with article VIIIciii of the Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted and shall enter into force in accordance with the following procedures:
a
The amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 February 1990, unless by that date one-third of the Contracting Governments, or Contracting Governments the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not
less than fifty per cent of the gross tonnage of the worlds merchant fleet, notify the Secretary-General of the Organization that they object to the amendments;
b
The amendments which are deemed to have been accepted in accordance with paragraph a shall enter into force with respect to all Contracting Governments except those which have objected to the amendments under
paragraph a and which have not withdrawn such objections, on 1 February 1992. As at 1 February 1990, only one objection
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had been communicated to the Secretary-General. Therefore, in accordance with article VIIIciii of the Convention, the amendments were deemed to have been accepted on
1 February 1990 and accordingly entered into force on 1 February 1992.
7 1989 Chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV, V, VII Amendments MSC.1357 A.
Adoption
The Maritime Safety Committee at its fifty-seventh session April 1989 adopted by resolution MSC.1357, in accordance with article VIII of the Convention, amendments to chapters II-l, II-2, III, IV, V and VII
of the Convention.