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(b) Any such amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end of 

 a period of [twelve] " months after it is first communicated, unless within that 

 period one or more Contracting States inform the Organization that they do not 

 accept the amendment. 



(c) The amendment deemed to have been accepted shall enter into force at 

 the end of a period of [six] months or such other period as may be specified in 

 the amendment, after the date of its acceptance in accordance with sub-para- 

 graph (b) of this paragraph. 



(d) The amendment shall enter into force with respect to all Contracting 

 States. 



(3) Amendment after consideration in the Organization : 



Upon the request of a Controlling State any amendment proposed by it to the 

 present Convention will be considered in the Organization in accordance with the 

 procedures laid down in this paragraph. 



(a) Amendment to the Articles of the Convention : °^ 



(i) Any proposed amendment to the Articles of the present Convention shall 

 be submitted to the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization for consid- 

 eration. If adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting in the 

 Maritime Safety Committee, such amendment shall be communicated to all Mem- 

 bers of the Organization and all Contracting States at least [six] months prior 

 to its consideration by the Assembly of the Organization. Any Contracting State , 

 which is not a Member of the Organization shall be entitled to participate ^' 

 when the amendment is considered by the Assembly. 



(ii) If adopted by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting in the 

 Assembly, the amendment shall be communicated by the Organization to all 

 Contracting States for acceptance. 



(iii) Such amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted on a date on 

 which it is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting States or by Contracting 

 States the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not less than [fifty] per 

 cent of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant shipping, whichever condition 

 is first achieved."" 



(iv) The amendment accepted in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) (iii) of 

 this paragraph shall enter into force [six] months after the date of its 

 acceptance. 



(v) The amendment shall enter into force with respect to all Contracting 

 States [except those which, before it enters into force, make a declaration that 

 they do not accept the amendment] [provided that a Contracting State may 

 exempt itself from giving effect to the provisions of the amendment for a period 

 not exceeding [twelve] months from the date of entry into force of that 

 amendment.] " 



(vi) The Assembly, by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, in- 

 cluding two-thirds of the States represented on the Maritime Safety Committee 

 and present and voting in the Assembly '"' may propose a determination at the 

 time of its adoption that the amendment is of such an important nature that any 

 Contracting State which makes a declaration under sub-paragraph (a) (v) of 

 this paragraph and which does not accept the amendment within a period of 



" One delegation suggested that twelve months should be amended to twenty-four months. 



6s Some delegations suggested that the Articles of the Convention should be amended 

 by tacit acceptance procedure as provided for in sub-paragraph (vi) of this paragraph. 



59 Some delegations suggested that the words "and vote" should be added after "par- 

 ticipate". Doubt was, however, expressed as to whether granting to a Contracting State 

 not being an IMCO Member the right to vote in the IMCO Assembly might conflict with 

 the provisions of the IMCO Convention. 



8" Some delegations suggested that this sub-paragraph should he amended to read as 

 follows : "Such amendment shall be deemeti to have been accented on a date on which it 

 is accepted by two-thirds of the Contracting States or by (1*^1 Contracting States the 

 combined merchant fleet of which constitutes not less than [fifty] per cent of the gross 

 tonnage of the world's merchant shipping, or by [25] Contracting States, whichever 

 condition is first achieved". 



61 Consideration should be given to whether the contents of either one or the otner of 

 the phrases in square brackets may be retained or they can be combined. 



62 Some delegations suggested the deletion of the words "including two-thirds of the 

 States represented on the Maritime Safety Committee and present and voting in the 

 Assembly". 



