Circular

1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-eighth session (12 to 21 May 2004), with a view to ensuring uniform application of the provisions of the IBC and IGC Codes, containing vague wording which is open to diverging interpretations, approved the unified interpretations relating to cargo tank venting systems set out in the annex.

2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions of the IBC and IGC Codes for ships constructed on or after 1 July 2004 and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.

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