1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-fourth
session (7 to 16 May 2008), with a view to providing more specific
guidance for application of the relevant requirements of part 3 of Annex 1 of the International Code
for Application of Fire Test Procedures (FTP Code), approved the unified
interpretation of the FTP Code prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire
Protection, at its fifty-second session (14 to 18 January 2008), as
set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of part 3 of Annex 1 of the FTP Code
for ships constructed on or after 9 May 2008 and to bring the unified
interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.