1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), with a view to providing more specific
guidance for the assessment of passenger ship systems' capabilities
after a fire or flooding casualty, approved the unified interpretations
of SOLAS regulation II-2/21.4,
prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fifth
session, as set out in the annex, for use in conjunction with the
Interim explanatory notes for the assessment of passenger ship systems'
capabilities after a fire or flooding casualty (MSC.1/Circ.1369), when conducting an assessment of critical
systems.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of SOLAS regulation II-2/21 and
to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.