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  1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-second session (11 to 15 October 2004), and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-ninth session (1 to 10 December 2004), adopted amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (revised IBC Code) by resolutions MEPC.119(52) and MSC.176(79), respectively, which are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2007.

  2 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-third session (18 to 22 July 2005) and the Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-first session (10 to 19 May 2006), approved, in principle, proposed amendments to the fire protection requirements of the aforementioned revised IBC Code, as set out in the annex, with a view to adoption by MEPC 56 and MSC 83.

  3 Considering that early implementation of the proposed amendments would be of benefit to the industry and other interested parties, the Committees invited Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and Parties to MARPOL 73/78 to:

  • .1 apply the proposed amendments to the revised IBC Code, referred to in paragraph 2 above, to ships flying their flags on or after 1 January 2007, pending their formal entry-into-force; and

  • .2 accept ships flying the flags of other States, constructed and equipped in accordance with the revised IBC Code and the aforementioned proposed amendments.

Parent topic: MSC-MEPC.2/Circular.4 – Early Application of the Amendments to the Fire Protection Requirements of the Revised IBC Code – (2 June 2006)
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