1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-fourth
session (5 to 9 December 1994), recalled that, at its sixty-first
session (7 to 11 December 1993), it adopted, by resolution MSC.27(61),
amendments to chapter II-2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention which entered
into force on 1 October 1994. The Committee, eventually recognizing
the need to provide Administrations with a guidance for the uniform
application of the said amendments, agreed to relevant interpretations
given in annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to take account
of the annexed interpretations when applying the relevant requirements
of chapter II-2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention.