1 The Committee, at its eighty-fourth session
(7 to 16 May 2008), approved amendments to the Revised Guidelines
for approval of equivalent fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as
referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces and cargo pump-rooms (MSC/Circ.848), set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
amendments to the Revised Guidelines when approving equivalent fixed
gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery
spaces and cargo pump-rooms and bring them to the attention of ship
designers, ship owners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories
and other parties concerned.