1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-second
session (24 to 28 May 1993), approved the Recommendations on the safe
use of pesticides in ships (MSC/Circ.612), proposed by the Sub-Committee
on Containers and Cargoes at its thirty-second session.
2 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), approved the revised Recommendations
on the safe use of pesticides in ships in pursuance of the requirement
of SOLAS regulation VI/4, proposed
by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers
at its fourteenth session, as set out in the annex to the present
circular.
3 Member Governments are invited to bring the
revised Recommendations to the attention of competent authorities,
mariners, fumigators, fumigant and pesticide manufacturers and others
concerned.
4 The present circular supersedes MSC/Circ.612,
as amended by MSC/Circ.689 and MSC/Circ.746.