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The Maritime Safety Committee

  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-eighth session (28 May to 6 June 1997), noted that the 1995 SOLAS Conference, in adopting amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention concerning the safety of ro-ro passenger ships, also adopted Conference resolution 7 - Development of requirements, guidelines and performance standards, whereby the Committee was requested to develop relevant requirements, guidelines and performance standards to assist in the implementation of the amendments adopted by the Conference.

  2 The Committee, having considered recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE), at its fortieth session, approved the Recommendation for canopied reversible liferafts, automatically self-righting liferafts and fast rescue boats, including testing, on ro-ro passenger ships, set out in the annex.

  3 Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed Recommendation to the attention of those concerned and use the provisions contained therein, as appropriate, in conjunction with the relevant requirements of the 1974 SOLAS Convention, as amended.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.809 – Recommendation for Canopied Reversible Liferafts, Automatically Self-Righting Liferafts and Fast Rescue Boats, Including Testing, on Ro-Ro Passenger Ships – (Adopted on 30 June 1997)
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