1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh session (12 to 21 May 2010), with
a view to providing more specific guidance for application of the relevant requirements
of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, approved a unified interpretation of SOLAS regulation II-1/2.14, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Stability
and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety, at its fifty-second session.
2 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 105th session (20 to 29 April
2022), agreed to amend the above unified interpretation by incorporating interpretations
for SOLAS regulations II-1/5.4 and III-1/5.5, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship
Design and Construction, at its eighth session (17 to 21 January 2022).
3 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretations as guidance
when applying relevant provisions of SOLAS chapter II-1 and to
bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.
4 This circular revokes MSC.1/Circ.1362.