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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-fourth session (17 to 21 November 2014), with a view to providing more specific guidance for release operation of the CO2 system, fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems and sample extraction smoke detection systems, approved unified interpretations on chapters 5, 9 and 10 of the FSS Code, as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment at its first session (10 to 14 March 2014), as set out in the annex.

  2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretations as guidance when applying paragraph 2.1.3.2 of chapter 5, paragraph 2.5.1.1 of chapter 9 and paragraph 2.4.1.2 of chapter 10 of the FSS Code to the systems to be installed on board ships constructed on or after 21 November 2014 and to bring the unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.


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