1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009), with a view to providing more
specific guidance for application of the relevant requirements
of the IBC Code, approved the unified interpretation of
chapter 11 of the IBC Code, as
amended by resolution MSC.219(82) and resolution MEPC.166(56), prepared by the
Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of chapter 11 of the IBC Code, as amended
by resolutions MSC.219(82) and MEPC.166(56) for ships constructed
on or after 1 June 2009 and to bring the unified interpretation
to the attention of all parties concerned.