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The Maritime Safety Committee,

 The annex of this document is consolidated into Resolution A.753(18)

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

 RECALLING ALSO resolution A.753(18), by which the Assembly, at its eighteenth session, adopted Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships, to assist maritime Administrations to determine, in a rational and uniform manner, the permitted applications of such materials,

 NOTING that the Assembly requested the Committee to keep the guidelines under review and amend them as necessary,

 RECALLING FURTHER resolution MSC.313(88), by which the Committee adopted amendments to the Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships (resolution A.753(18)).

 RECOGNIZING that the continual development of plastic materials for use on ships and improvement of marine safety standards since the adoption of resolutions A.753(18) and MSC.313(88) necessitates the periodic revision of the provisions of the Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships in order to take into account technological developments and maintain the highest practical level of safety,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its [ninety-fifth session (3 to 12 June 2015)], amendments to the Guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships, proposed by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, at its second session,

 1 ADOPTS amendments to the guidelines for the application of plastic pipes on ships (resolution A.753(18)), as amended by MSC.313(88), the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution; and

 2 INVITES Governments to apply the annexed amendments when considering the use of plastic piping on board ships flying the flag of their State.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.399(95) - Amendments to the Guidelines for the Application of Plastic Pipes on Ships (Resolution A.753(18)), as amended by Resolution MSC.313(88) - (Adopted on 5 June 2015)
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