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  1 The Committee, at its eighty-sixth session (27 May to 5 June 2009), having considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-third session, recognized the need for guidelines on the method to determine the NOAEL and LOAEL values referred to in the Revised Guidelines for the approval of equivalent fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces and cargo pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.848) and the Amendments to the Revised Guidelines (MSC.1/Circ.1267), and approved Guidelines on determining the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) and lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL) values for halocarbon fire-extinguishing agents, as set out in the annex.

  2 Member Governments are invited to apply the annexed Guidelines when approving fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems in accordance with MSC/Circ.848 and MSC.1/Circ.1267 on or after 29 May 2009 and bring them to the attention of ship designers, shipowners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1316 – Guidelines on Determining the no Observed Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) and Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level (LOAEL) Values for Halocarbon Fire-Extinguishing Agents – (10 June 2009)
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