Cargo Tariff Coordinating Conferences Resolutions

1. The purpose of the Cargo Tariff Coordinating Conferences Resolutions is to provide a central reference to the texts of all current resolutions adopted by the Cargo Tariff Coordinating Conferences. The documentation also contains the texts of government reservations which have been placed on resolutions. These reservations are published at the end of the resolution to which they refer.

2. The resolutions are published in numerical order.

3. Having located the resolution to which you wish to refer, the following should be noted:

   1. Resolution Designator
      
      On the left hand side below the title is a 'Designator' - for example, CTC1(02)008.  The designator identifies: 
      • the Conference to which the resolution applies – example 'CTC1' denotes Cargo Tariff Conference 1 
      • the number of the meeting of the Conference at which the resolution was adopted, shown in parenthesis – example '(02)' means the second meeting of Cargo Tariff Conference 1 
      • the number of the resolution – example 008
      • if the resolution was adopted by mail vote, the serial number of the mail vote appears in parenthesis instead of the meeting number – example CTC1(Mail 398)008
      • if the resolution has been amended one or more times since it was originally adopted, the designator will continue to show in parenthesis the number of the meeting at which it was adopted but will show a suffix '(amended)' – example CTC1(02)008 (amended).
   2. Expiry Date
      On the right hand side below the title is an expiry date which indicates how long the resolution will remain in effect.
      
      An 'indefinite' expiry date means that the resolution will not expire unless action is taken specifically to rescind the resolution.
   3. Type
      On the right hand side, below the expiry date, is the designation of the type of the resolution ('A', 'AA' or 'B'). A full description of these codes is given in Resolution 001. In brief, Type A means that if a part of a resolution is disapproved by a government the entire resolution is rendered void; Type B allows the unaffected parts of the resolution to remain in effect even though a part of the resolution has been disapproved by a government; Type AA is a variation of Type A.
   4. Attachments
      Attachments to resolutions form an integral part of the resolution. They generally consist of two types of items, namely, tables of specified rates and facsimiles of prescribed forms. The tables of specified rates are often marked 'published separately' and are to be found in the appropriate rates books.