The Maritime Safety Committee,
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The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 NOTING the revision of chapter II-2 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"),

 RECOGNIZING the need to continue the mandatory application of the fire safety systems required by the revised chapter II-2 of the Convention,

 NOTING resolution MSC.99(73) by which it adopted, inter alia, the revised chapter II-2 of the Convention to make the provisions of the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code) mandatory under the Convention,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventy-third session, the text of the proposed FSS Code,

  1. ADOPTS the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code), the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Contracting Governments to the Convention to note that the FSS Code will take effect on 1 July 2002 upon the entry into force of the revised chapter II-2 of the Convention;

  3. REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit certified copies of this resolution and the text of the FSS Code contained in the Annex to all Contracting Governments to the Convention;

  4. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and the Annex to all Members of the Organization which are not Contracting Governments to the Convention.

Parent topic: FSS Code - Fire Safety Systems – Resolution MSC.98(73)
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