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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-third session (16 to 25 May 1994), approved Guidelines to Minimize Leakages from Flammable Liquid Systems, set out at annex to the present circular, as prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship design and Equipment at its thirty-seventh session.

  2 Member Governments are invited to bring the Guidelines and the measures that should be taken to reduce fires originating from machinery space flammable oil systems to the attention of designers, shipyard personnel, engine-room personnel, owners, operators and maintenance personnel.


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