1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (10 to 19 May 2006), with a view to providing more specific
guidance for vague expressions which are open to different interpretations
contained in IMO instruments, approved the unified interpretations
of SOLAS chapter II-2 and the fire
test procedures referred to in the FTP Code,
prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fiftieth
session (9 to 13 January 2006), as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of SOLAS chapter II-2 and the fire
test procedures referred to in the FTP Code to
fire protection construction, installation, arrangements and equipment
to be installed on board ships on or after 19 May 2006 and to bring
the unified interpretations to the attention of all parties concerned.