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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eightieth session (10 to 19 May 2005), adopted resolution MSC.194(80), containing, inter alia, amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1, replacing parts A (General), B (Subdivision and stability) and B-1 (Subdivision and damage stability provisions for cargo ships) with new harmonized subdivision and damage stability regulations based on a probabilistic concept. In adopting the new regulations, the Committee recognized the necessity of appropriate explanatory notes for their uniform interpretation and application.

  2 To this end, the Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-second session (29 November to 8 December 2006), approved the Interim explanatory notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations, set out in the annex, as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety at its forty-ninth session.

  3 The Interim explanatory notes are intended to provide Administrations and the shipping industry with specific guidance to assist in the uniform interpretation and application of the new harmonized subdivision and damage stability regulations.

  4 Member Governments are invited to use the Interim explanatory notes when applying the new harmonized subdivision and damage stability regulations (SOLAS chapter II-1, parts A, B, B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-4) adopted by resolution MSC.194(80) and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.footnote

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1226 – Interim Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 Subdivision and Damage Stability Regulations – (15 January 2007)
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