FAL

Facilitation Committee (FAL), 36th Session - 6 - 10 September 2010 - 22/6/2010
Provisional Agenda

Facilitation Committee (FAL), 35th session: 12-16 January 2009 - 11/3/2009
  • FAL Convention amendments adopted
  • Review of the FAL Convention
  • Explanatory manual to the FAL Convention and FAL compendium near completion
  • Trial IMO Stowaway Focal Point to continue
  • Administrative procedures for disembarking persons rescued at sea
  • Electronic access to ships’ certificates and documents
  • Carriage of IMDG Code class 7 radioactive material

Facilitation Committee (FAL), 34th session: 26-30 March 2007 - 2/5/2007
  • FAL Convention amendments approved
  • Carriage of IMDG Code class 7 radioactive material
  • Trial IMO Stowaway Focal Point to be established
  • Maritime security - closed cargo transport units and freight containers
  • Illicit drug trafficking - guidelines adopted
  • Development of explanatory manual to the FAL Convention

Facilitation Committee (FAL), 33rd session: 3-7 July 2006 - 20/3/2006
  • Persons rescued at sea - administrative procedures to be reviewed
  • Revision of the Guidelines for the Prevention and Suppression of the Smuggling of Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals
  • Security and facilitation of closed cargo transport units
  • Explanatory manual to the FAL Convention
  • Electronic means for the clearance of ships
  • On-line access to databases of certificates and documents
  • Difficulties in the carriage of IMDG Code class 7 radioactive materials
  • Draft amendments to the FAL Convention

Facilitation Committee (FAL), 32nd session: 4-8 July 2005 - 22/11/2004
  • Amendments to FAL Convention adopted
  • Persons rescued at sea
  • Prevention and control of illicit drug trafficking
  • Minimum training and education for shore-side mooring personnel
  • Shipments of IMDG Code class 7 radioactive materials
  • Decrease in stowaway incidents reported
  • Certificates and documents required to be carried on board ships
  • Single window system
  • Facilitation in avoiding safety threatening conditions

Facilitation Committee (FAL) - 19/8/2004
31st session - 19 to 23 July 2004

  • Amendments to FAL Convention approved
  • Persons rescued at sea
  • Development of an explanatory manual on FAL Convention
  • Security issues - standard minimum data required prior to port entry
  • List of certificates and documents required to be carried on board ships
  • Stowaways
  • Shipments of cobalt-60
  • Institutionalization of the Facilitation Committee

Facilitation Committee (FAL) - 18/12/2003
31st session, 19-23 July 2004

Opening speech by the Secretary-General

 
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