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The Maritime Safety Committee

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first session (19 to 28 May 1999), approved, with a view to ensuring uniform application of the fire protection-related provisions of the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code), interpretations to the relevant sections of the Code, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, as set out in the annex.

  2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions of the HSC Code to fire protection construction, installation, arrangements and equipment to be installed on board craft on or after 21 May 1999, in order to fulfill the requirements of the Code, and to bring the interpretations to the attention of all parties concerned.


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