1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), having considered the proposal by the
Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fourth session, with
regard to the amendments to SOLAS regulation II-2/4, adopted by resolution MSC.291(87), and chapter 16
of the FSS Code, adopted by resolution MSC.292(87), approved Guidelines for the design, construction and testing
of fixed hydrocarbon gas detection systems, as set out in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed Guidelines when approving fixed hydrocarbon gas detection
systems in accordance with paragraph 5.7.3 of SOLAS regulation II-2/4
and chapter 16 of the FSS Code, and bring them to the attention of
ship designers, shipowners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories
and other parties concerned.