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The Maritime Safety Committee

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-second session (17 to 26 May 2000), having considered a recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE) at its forty-second session, agreed that IACS Unified Interpretation regarding the prototype test provided in the Guidelines for emergency towing arrangements on tankers (resolution MSC.35(63)) should be disseminated among Administrations in order to ensure uniformity in the application of the said Guidelines under SOLAS regulation II-1/3-4 - Emergency towing arrangements on tankers.

  2 Member Governments are recommended to apply the attached IACS Unified Interpretation when implementing SOLAS regulation II-1/3-4, as appropriate.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.966 – IACS Unified Interpretation of “Prototype Test” – (Adopted on 30 May 2000)
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