1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-sixth
session (27 May to 5 June 2009), having considered the proposal by
the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-third session,
agreed that chapter 5 of the FSS Code,
as amended by resolution MSC.206(81),
should apply only to ships constructed on or after 1 July 2010 but
not to ships constructed before 1 July 2010, taking into account SOLAS article VIII(e) and the following
proposed amendment to paragraph 1.2 of chapter
1 of the FSS Code approved at this session, with a view to
subsequent adoption:
The following new sentence is added to the end of paragraph
1.2:
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“However, amendments to the Code adopted after 1 July
2002 shall apply only to ships the keels of which are laid or which
are at a similar stage of construction, on or after the date on which
the amendments enter into force, unless expressly provided otherwise.”
2 Considering the aforementioned proposal in paragraph
1 and having recognized that it would be of benefit to the industry
and other interested parties that the same action be taken with regard
to resolution MSC.217(82), the Committee
agreed to the proposal and invited Contracting Governments to the
1974 SOLAS Convention to:
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.1 apply chapters 4, 6, 7 and 9 of the FSS Code, as amended by annex 1 to resolution MSC.217(82), only to ships constructed
on or after 1 July 2008 flying their flags;
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.2 apply the revised chapter
5 of the FSS Code, as amended by resolution
MSC.206(81), and chapter 9 of the
FSS Code, as amended by annex 2 to resolution
MSC.217(82), only to ships constructed on or after 1 July 2010
flying their flags; and
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.3 accept ships flying the flags of other Contracting
Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention, constructed and equipped
in accordance with the relevant requirements of the 1974 SOLAS Convention
and chapters 4 to 7 and 9 of the FSS Code, as amended by resolutions MSC.206(81) and MSC.217(82).
3 Member Governments are invited to bring the
above information to the attention of all parties concerned.