1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth
session (1 to 10 December 2004), following the recommendations made
by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its forty-seventh
session, approved an interpretation to paragraph 2.2.3 (Viewports
in passenger submersible craft) of the Guidelines for design, construction
and operation of passenger submersible craft, set out in the annex, with a view to ensuring a uniform
approach towards the application of the above Guidelines.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretation when applying relevant provisions of the Guidelines
for design, construction and operation of passenger submersible craft,
and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.