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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-sixth session (11 to 20 May 2016), in order to facilitate global and consistent implementation of requirements of the 2008 Intact Stability Code (2008 IS Code), approved unified interpretations of the 2008 IS Code (MSC.1/Circ.1537), prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, at its third session.

2 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 101st session (5 to 14 June 2019), approved amendments to MSC.1/Circ.1537 to include revisions to the unified interpretations of section 2.3 (Severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion)), as well as to section 3.4.2 (Assumptions for calculating loading conditions), prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, at its sixth session. The amended text of the Unified Interpretations is set out in the annex.

3 Member States are invited to apply the annexed unified interpretations and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.

4 This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1537.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1537/Rev.1 - Unified Interpretations of the 2008 IS Code – (4 July 2019)
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