Agreement concerning specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships undertaking regular scheduled international voyages between or to or from designated ports in North West Europe and the Baltic Sea

• Coming into Force: 01 April 1997
• Subject Terms: Ports,Watercourses-Water resources,Ships and shipping,Europe
• Date of Conclusion: 27 February 1996,28 February 1996
• Registration Date: 30 March 1998
• Registration Number: 34477
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization
• Participants: Dinamarca,Finlandia,Germany,Ireland,Holanda,Noruega,Suecia,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: International Maritime Organization

No.

34477

MULTILATERAL

Agreement concerning

specific

stability

requirements

for

ro-ro

passenger

ships

undertaking

regular

scheduled

in-

ternational

voyages

between

or

to

or

from

designated

ports

in

North

West

Europe

and

the

Baltic

Sea

(with

annexes,

appendix

and

resolution).

Concluded

at

Stock-

holm

on

27

and

28

February

1996

Authentic

texts:

English,

French,

Russian

and

Spanish.

Registered

by

the

International

Maritime

Organization

on

30

March

1998.

MULTILATERAL

Accord

sur

les

prescriptions

specifiques

de

stabilit6

applica-

bles

aux

navires

rouliers

i

passagers

qui

effectuent

des

voyages

internationaux

reguliers

a

heures

fixes

entre

des

ports

design~s

du

Nord-Ouest

de

l'Europe

et

en

mer

Baltique

ou

a

destination

ou

a

partir

de

ces

memes

ports

(avec

annexes,

appendice et

resolution).

Conclu

'a

Stock-

holm

les 27

et

28

f~vrier

1996

Textes

authentiques

:

anglais,

fran!ais,

russe

et

espagnol.

Enregistri

par

l'Organisation

maritime internationale

le

30

mars

1998.

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AGREEMENT'.

CONCERNING

SPECIFIC

STABILITY

REQUIRE-

MENTS

FOR

RO-RO PASSENGER

SHIPS UNDERTAKING

REGULAR

SCHEDULED

INTERNATIONAL

VOYAGES

BE-

TWEEN

OR

TO OR FROM

DESIGNATED

PORTS

IN

NORTH

WEST

EUROPE

AND

THE

BALTIC

SEA

The

Contracting Governments,

BEING

PARTIES

to

the International

Convention

for

the Safety

of

Life

at

Sea

(SOLAS)

1974

as

amended;

2

RECALLING

Article

VII

of

the

SOLAS

Convention;

MINDFUL

that

the principal

responsibility

for establishing global safety

standards

rests with

the

International

Maritime

Organization

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

"the

Organization");

NOTING

the

Organization's

efforts

in

this

area;

NOTING

IN

PARTICULAR

the

adoption

by

the

Conference

of

Contracting Governments

to

the

International

Convention

for

the

Safety

of

Life

at

Sea

1974

held

in

London

on

20,

27, 28

and

29

November

1995

of

Conference

Resolution

14

"Regional

Agreements

on Specific Stability

Requirements

for

Ro-Ro

Passenger

Ships";

RECOGNISING

that

the

prevailing,

often

adverse,

sea

and

weather conditions

with

low

visibility,

the

low water

temperatures,

the

need

to

maintain intensive

all

year

round ro-ro passenger

ferry

services,

I

Came into force

on

1

April

1997,

in

accordance

with

article

8:

Date

of

definitive

signature

(s)

or

deposit

of

the

instrument

of

ratification

Participant

or

accession

(a)

Denm

ark

..............................................................

14

August

1996s

Finland

............................................................... 1

October

1996

Germ any

..............................................................

27

M

arch

1997

Ireland

................................................................ 1

July

1996

s

Netherlands

........................................................... 3

February

1997

a

(For

the

Kingdom

in

Europe, the

Netherlands

Antilles

et

Aruba.)

Norway*

..............................................................

25

September

1996

s

Sw

eden

...............................................................

14

A

ugust

1996

s

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain and Northern

Ireland

.....................

I

July

1996s

*

See

p.

238

of

this volume

for

the

text

of

the statement made

upon definitive

signature.

2

United Nations,

Treaty

Series,

vol.

1184,

p.

2

(authentic Chinese

and

English

texts);

vol.

1185,

p.

2

(authentic

French,

Russian

and

Spanish

texts);

vol.

1300,

p.

391

(rectification

of

the

authentic

English,

French,

Russian and Spanish

texts);

vol.

1331,

p. 400

(rectification

of

the

authentic

Chinese

text);

for

the

texts

of

the

amendments

of

20

November

1981,

see

vol.

1370,

p.

2

(Chinese and

English);

vol.

1371,

p.

2

(French

and Russian),

and

vol.

1372,

p.

61

(Spanish);

vol.

1402,

p.

375

(rectification

of

the

authentic

English,

French,

Russian

and Spanish

texts

of

the

amendments

of

20

November

1981);

vol.

1419,

p.

398

(rectification

of

the

authentic English

text

of

the

amendments

of

20

November

1981,

incorporated into the text

of

said amendments and

published

in vol.

1370);

for

the

texts

of

the

amendments

of

17

June

1983,

see

vol.

1431,

p.

2

(Chinese

and

English);

vol.

1432,

p.

2

(French and

Russian);

vol.

1433,

p.

92

(Spanish);

vol.

1484,

p.

442

(rectification

of

the

authentic

Spanish

text

of

the

amendments

of

20

November

1981);

vol.

1522,

p.

234

(amendments

of

29

April

1987);

vol.

1558,

p.

474

(amendments

of

21

April

1988);

vol.

1566,

p.

401

(amendments of

28

October

1988);

vol.

1593,

p.

417

(rectification

of

the

authentic

Spanish

text

of

the amendments

of

28

October

1988);

vol.

1674,

p.

121

(amendments

of

9

November

1988,

11

April

1989

and

25

May

1990);

vol.

1765,

No.

A-18961

(amendments

of

23

May

1991).

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the

public

dependence on

such services,

recent

accidents

and

the

density

of

ro-ro

passenger

ship

movements

and

potentially

conflicting

shipping

movements

at

particular

locations require

the

application

of

specific

stability

requirements

to

all

ro-ro

passenger

ships

operating

regular

scheduled

voyages

between

or to

or

from

designated ports

in

North

West

Europe

and

the

Baltic

Sea;

HAVE

AGREED

as

follows:

Article

1

Definitions

For

the purposes

of

the

present

Agreement:

(a)

International

vovage

means

a

voyage

from

a

country

to

which

the

present

Agreement

applies

to

a

port

outside

that

country, or

conversely;

(b)

Ro-ro

passenger

ship

means

a

passenger

ship

with

ro-ro

cargo

spaces

or

special

category

spaces

as

defined

in

regulation

11-2/3

of

the

International

Convention

for

the

Safety

of

Life

at Sea

1974

as

amended;

(c)

Soecific

stability

requirements

means the

specific stability

requirements

specified

in annex

2;

(d)

Designated

por

means

any

port

within

the

area

bounded

by

lines

and

the

coast

as

shown

on the

map

at

annex

I

from

which

ro-ro

passenger

ships

operate

on

regular

scheduled

international

voyages

(e)

Secretary-General

means

the

Secretary-General

of

the

International

Maritime

Organization.

Article

2

General

Obligation

The

Contracting

Governments

agree

to apply

the

specific stability

requirements

to

ro-ro

passenger

ships

entitled

to fly

their

flag

and

operating

on

regular

scheduled

international

voyages

carrying

passengers

(a)

between

designated ports

or

(b)

to

or

from

designated

ports.

Article

3

Snecific Stability

Reouirements

The

Contracting

Governments

agree

to

apply

the

specific

stability

requirements

no

later

than

the

dates

prescribed

in

annex

2.

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