1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-third
session (3 to 12 October 2007), with a view to providing more
specific guidance for application of the relevant requirements
of the International Bulk Chemicals (IBC) Code, approved a unified
interpretation of chapter 3 of the IBC
Code prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at
its fifty-first session (5 to 9 February 2007), as set out in
the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the
annexed unified interpretation as guidance when applying relevant
provisions of chapter 3 of the IBC Code
for ships constructed on or after 5 October 2007 and to bring the
unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.