The Maritime Safety Committee,
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The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the function of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO that, by resolution MSC.216(82), it adopted the regulations on subdivision and damage stability as contained in SOLAS chapter II-1 which are based on the probabilistic concept, using the probability of survival after collision as a measure of ships safety in a damaged condition,

 NOTING that, at the eighty-second session, it approved Interim Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations (MSC.1/Circ.1226), to assist Administrations in the uniform interpretation and application of the aforementioned subdivision and damage stability regulations,

 BEING DESIROUS that definitive Explanatory Notes should be adopted when more experience in the application of the forementioned subdivision and damage stability regulations and the Interim Explanatory Notes had been gained,

 RECOGNIZING that the appropriate application of the Explanatory Notes is essential for ensuring the uniform application of the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations,

 HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-fifth session, the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety at its fifty-first session,

  1. ADOPTS the Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. URGES Governments and all parties concerned to utilize the Explanatory Notes when applying the SOLAS chapter II-1 subdivision and damage stability regulations adopted by resolution MSC.216(82).

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.281(85) – Explanatory Notes to the SOLAS Chapter II-1 Subdivision and Damage Stability Regulations – (Adopted on 4 December 2008)
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