RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
RECALLING ALSO that, by Resolution A.472(XII), it adopted
an Improved Recommendation on Test Method for Qualifying Marine Construction
Materials as Non-Combustible,
RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need to improve test procedures
for determining whether materials meet the requirements for non-combustible
materials as specified in the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, as well as in the Torremolinos
Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention
for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (1993 Torremolinos Protocol),
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ISO Standard 1182 "Fire Test - Building
Materials -Non-combustibility Test", 3rd edition, published on 1 December
1990,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-third session,
1. ADOPTS the Revised Recommendation on Test Methods
for Qualifying Marine Construction Materials as Non-Combustible set
out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES all Governments concerned to apply
the Revised Recommendation in complying with the requirement contained
in the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended,
as well as in the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to continue
work on this subject with a view to further improving the test method;
4. REVOKES Resolution A.472(XII).