1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-seventh session (21 to 25 November 2016), with a view to providing more specific guidance for the application of the relevant requirements of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code), approved unified interpretations of the IGC Code (as amended by resolution MSC.370(93)) prepared by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, at its third session, as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to use the annexed unified interpretations as guidance when applying relevant provisions of the IGC Code (as amended by resolution MSC.370(93)) and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.