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.