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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth session (27 May to 5 June 2009), approved the Guidelines for the approval of inflatable liferafts subject to extended service intervals not exceeding 30 months, as set out in the annex, following the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment at its fifty-second session.

2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed Guidelines when permitting extended service intervals of inflatable liferafts under the provisions of SOLAS regulation III/20.8.3.

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