1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-third
session (3 to 12 October 2007), with a view to providing more specific
guidance for application of the relevant requirements of chapter 5
of the International Code for Fire Safety Systems (FSS Code), approved
the unified interpretation of the FSS Code, prepared by the
Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-first session
(5 to 9 February 2007), as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation as guidance when applying relevant provisions
of chapter 5 of the FSS Code for
ships constructed on or after 5 October 2007 and to bring the
unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.