1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-second
session (29 November to 8 December 2006), approved the Guidelines
for the approval of stability instruments, set out in the annex, aiming at providing additional
guidance on approval procedures of stability instruments supporting
the safe operation of ships.
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed Guidelines for the approval of stability instruments to the
attention of interested parties as they deem appropriate.