1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first
session (19 to 28 May 1999), recognizing the need to provide Administrations
and ship designers with guidance for uniform application of chapter
II-2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, approved the Guidelines contained
in the annex.
2 Member Governments are invited to take account
of the annexed Guidelines on fire safety construction in accommodation
areas when applying the relevant requirements of chapter II-2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention
to ships constructed or undergoing repairs, alterations and modifications
of a major character on or after 21 May 1999.
3 Member Governments are also advised to take
into account the interpretations of SOLAS chapter
II-2, as contained in MSC/Circ.847 and
Corr.1, and MSC/Circ.669. The annexed
Guidelines supersede the interpretation concerning SOLAS regulation
II-2/25.3 in section 4 of the annex to MSC/Circ.669.