Circular

1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-third session (14 to 23 May 2014), with a view to providing more specific guidance on flexible bellows of combustible materials, approved a unified interpretation on SOLAS regulation II-2/9.7.1.1, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment at its first session (10 to 14 March 2014), as set out in the annex.

2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation as guidance when applying SOLAS regulation II-2/9.7.1.1 to ships constructed before 1 January 2016 and to bring the unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.

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