21.2.1 Ventilation
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21.2.1 Ventilation

 Where air conditioning systems are not fitted, mechanical ventilation should be provided to accommodation spaces which are situated completely below the level of the weather deck on vessels making long international voyages or operating in tropical waters, and which carry 9 or more berthed persons below deck. As far as practicable, such ventilation arrangements should be designed to provide at least 6 changes of air per hour when the access openings to the spaces are closed.


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