1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-fifth
session (26 November to 5 December 2008), following the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation at its sixteenth
session, approved the unified interpretation of the term “first
survey” referred to in SOLAS regulations, as set out in the
annex, with a view to ensuring a uniform approach towards the use
of the above term.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
interpretation when applying relevant provisions of the 1974 SOLAS
Convention, as amended, and to bring it to the attention of all parties
concerned.