1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first
session (11 to 20 May 2005), approved the unified interpretation to
the provisions of the 2000 HSC Code, as
set out in the attached annex,
following the recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design
and Equipment, at its forty-eighth session, with a view to ensuring
a uniform approach towards the application of the provisions of the 2000 HSC Code.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed
unified interpretation when applying relevant provisions of the 2000 HSC Code and to bring it to the attention
of all parties concerned.