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  1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its sixty-fifth session (13 to 17 May 2013), and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second session (12 to 21 June 2013), approved the unified interpretation of the application of regulations governed by the building contract date, the keel laying date and the delivery date for the requirements of the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions prepared by the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation, as set out in the annex, with a view to providing more specific guidance for application of the relevant requirements of the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions.

  2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed interpretation when applying relevant provisions of the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.

  3 This circular supersedes MSC-MEPC.5/Circ.4.

Parent topic: MSC-MEPC.5/Circular.8 – Unified Interpretation of the Application of Regulations Governed by the Building Contract Date, the Keel Laying Date and the Delivery Date for the Requirements of the SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions – (1 July 2013)
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