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The Maritime Safety Committee,

 The amendment to regulation II-1/8 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention that came into force on 29 April 1990, concerning the survival of passenger ships after damage, led to uncertainty in the interpretation of regulation II-1/20 on the integrity of flooding boundaries above the bulkhead deck. The Sub-Committee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety, at its thirty-fourth session, developed amendments to regulations II-1/8 and 20 that would ensure a consistent interpretation of the amendment to regulation 8 that came into force on 29 April 1990.

 Recognizing that flooding boundaries also serve as fire protection boundaries, the Maritime Safety Committee, at its fifty-eighth session, referred the amendments proposed by the SLF Sub-Committee to the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, for its consideration.

 Further recognizing the need for interim guidance, the Maritime Safety Committee, at its fifty-eighth session, adopted a guidance note concerning the integrity of flooding boundaries above the bulkhead deck of passenger ships. The note is annexed for the information of the Member Governments and the commercial shipbuilding industry.

Parent topic: MSC/Circular.541 – Guidance Notes on the Integrity of Flooding Boundaries Above the Bulkhead Deck of Passenger Ships for Proper Application of Regulations II-1/8 and 20, Paragraph 1, Of The 1974 Safety Of Life At Sea Convention, as Amended – (Adopted on 19 July 1990)
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