RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations and guidelines concerning maritime safety,
NOTING the significance of the performance and reliability
of the sprinkler systems approved under the provisions of Regulation II-2/12 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974,
DESIROUS of keeping abreast of the advancement of sprinkler
technology and further improving fire protection on board ships,
HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Maritime
Safety Committee at its sixty-fourth session,
1. ADOPTS the Revised Guidelines for Approval
of Sprinkler Systems Equivalent to that referred to in SOLAS Regulation Il-2/12, set out in the Annex
to the present resolution;
2. INVITES Governments to apply the Guidelines
when approving equivalent sprinkler systems;
3. REQUESTS the Maritime Safety Committee to keep
the Guidelines under review and to amend them, as necessary;
4. REVOKES Resolution A.755(18).