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The Maritime Safety Committee

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO that paragraph 7.2.2 of the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft requires the development of standards for fire-restricting materials,

 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the ISO standard 9705 “Fire tests - Full-scale room test for surface products",

  1. ADOPTS the Standard for Qualifying Marine Materials for High Speed Craft as Fire-Restricting Materials, set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Governments to apply the Standard to ensure compliance with the criteria specified therein;

  3. AGREES to continue work on this subject with a view to developing corresponding criteria for classification based on ISO standard 5660.


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