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The Assembly

 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).


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