RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MSC.61(67),
by which it adopted the International Code for Application of Fire
Test Procedures (FTP Code) for the testing
of new marine materials which are increasingly being introduced into
the design and construction of ships and craft engaged in international
maritime transport,
RECALLING FURTHER resolution
A.753(18), by which the Assembly, at its eighteenth session,
adopted Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships,
to assist maritime Administrations to determine, in a rational and
uniform manner, the permitted applications of such materials,
NOTING that part 2 of the FTP Code makes reference to resolution A.753(18) for the testing
of materials for smoke and toxic hazards,
RECOGNIZING that the continual development of plastic materials
for use on ships and improvement of marine safety standards since
the adoption of resolution A.753(18) necessitated
the revision of the provisions of the Guidelines for the application
of plastic pipes on ships in order to take into account technological
developments and maintain the highest practical level of safety,
NOTING FURTHER that the Assembly requested the Committee
to keep the Guidelines under review and amend them as necessary,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-eighth session, amendments
to the Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships, proposed
by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection at its fifty-fourth session,
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1. ADOPTS amendments to the Guidelines for the
application of plastic pipes on ships (resolution
A.753(18)), the text of which is set out in the Annex to the
present resolution;
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2. INVITES Governments to apply the annexed amendments
when considering the use of plastic piping on board ships flying the
flag of their State.