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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-seventh session (21 to 25 November 2016), with a view to providing more specific guidance on sizing of pumps and pressure tank for automatic sprinkler systems, approved a unified interpretation of chapter 8 of the FSS Code and the Revised guidelines for approval of sprinkler systems equivalent to that referred to in SOLAS regulation II-2/12 (resolution A.800(19)), as amended by resolution MSC.265(84), prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Systems and Equipment at its third session (14 to 18 March 2016), as set out in the annex.

2 Member States are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation as guidance when applying paragraphs 2.3.2.1, 2.3.3.2 and 2.5.2.3 of chapter 8 of the FSS Code and paragraphs 3.3 and 3.22 in the aforementioned Revised guidelines, as amended by resolution MSC.265(84), in sizing of pumps and pressure tank for automatic sprinkler systems, and to bring the unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1556 – Unified Interpretation of Chapter 8 of the FSS Code and the Revised Guidelines for Approval of Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to That Referred to in SOLAS Regulation II-2/12 (Resolution A.800(19)), as Amended by Resolution MSC.265(84) – (25 November 2016)
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