1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second
session (12 to 21 June 2013), approved a unified interpretation of
paragraph 1.1.4 of the International Life-saving Appliances
(LSA) Code, concerning the greatest launching height for a
free-fall lifeboat (LSA Code, as amended by resolution MSC.218(82)) relating to SOLAS regulation III/3.13, following the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh
session.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation when applying the requirements of paragraph
1.1.4 of the LSA Code and bring it to the attention
of all parties concerned.