1 The Committee, at its eighty-fourth session
(7 to 16 May 2008), having considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee
on Fire Protection at its fifty-second session, approved the Guidelines
for the approval of fixed water-based fire-fighting systems for ro-ro
spaces and special category spaces equivalent to that referred to
in resolution A.123(V), as set out
in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to apply the
annexed Guidelines when approving fixed water-based fire-fighting
systems for ro-ro spaces and special category spaces on or after 9
May 2008 and bring them to the attention of ship designers, shipowners,
equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties concerned.
3 This circular supersedes MSC/Circ.914.