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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-sixth session (11 to 20 May 2016), with a view to providing more specific guidance on the conditions under which materials other than steel may be permitted for components mounted on engines, turbines and gearboxes; arrangements for fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems in double-hull and double-bottom spaces of oil tankers; and non-combustible material as "steel or equivalent" for ventilation ducts, approved unified interpretations of SOLAS chapter II-2, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment, at its second session (23 to 27 March 2015), as set out in the annex.

2 Member States are invited to use the annexed unified interpretations as guidance when applying SOLAS regulations II-2/4 and II-2/9 and to bring the unified interpretations to the attention of all parties concerned.

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