A time scale has been agreed in which the IMO member state audit scheme will be made mandatory.
A time scale has been agreed in which the IMO member state audit scheme will be made mandatory.
The IMO council has approved, in principle, a five-year plan which would see the voluntary scheme phased in as an institutionalised, mandatory scheme.
The council requested secretary-general Mitropoulos to prepare a resolution delineating the way forward, together with a proposed timeframe and schedule for the further development of the audit scheme, for consideration and approval by the council"s next session, for submission to the IMO assembly for adoption, both scheduled to be held in November this year.
Such a timeframe would entail, in principle, the introduction of appropriate requirements in the relevant mandatory IMO instruments, with consequential amendments to these being adopted possibly in 2013, for subsequent entry into force in January 2015.
Under the current Scheme, the first audits were carried out in 2006 and, to date, 50 IMO member states and one associate member have volunteered for audit and 31 audits have been completed.
The council also encouraged those that have not yet volunteered for audits to do so as as early as possible and invited members to nominate qualified auditors who can be selected for audit teams and who can participate in the related training courses convened by the IMO.
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