RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
NOTING the significance of the performance and reliability
of the sprinkler systems approved under provisions of regulation II-2/12 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-sixth session, the text
of the proposed amendments to the Revised Guidelines for approval
of sprinkler systems equivalent to that referred to in SOLAS regulation II-2/12 (resolution A.800(19)),
1. ADOPTS the amendments to the Revised Guidelines
for approval of sprinkler systems equivalent to that referred to in SOLAS regulation II-2/12
(resolution A.800(19)), the text of which
is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the amendments
when approving equivalent sprinkler systems according to paragraph
1-1 (Application) of the Annex.