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 the Recommendation on Fire Test Procedures
for "A", "B" and "F" Class Divisions, adopted by Resolution A.517(13),
RECOGNIZING the need to improve test procedures for determining
insulating values in compliance with the provisions of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, as well
as the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos
International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-first session,
1. ADOPTS the Recommendation on Fire Resistance
Tests for "A", "B" and "F" Class Divisions, set out in the annex to
the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the Recommendation
in compliance with relevant definitions in the International Convention
for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, and the Torremolinos
Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention
for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977;
3. REVOKES Resolution A.517(13).