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, approved
the Interim Explanatory Notes for the assessment of passenger ship
systems' capabilities after a fire or flooding casualty, set out in
the annex, to provide additional guidance for the uniform implementation
of SOLAS regulations II-1/8-1, II-2/21 and II-2/22, which were adopted by resolution MSC.216(82) and are due to enter
into force on 1 July 2010.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Interim Explanatory Notes to the attention of passenger shipowners,
ship builders, ship designers and other parties concerned.