Circular

1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth session (16 to 25 May 2012), with a view to providing more specific guidance for application of the relevant requirements of part 3 of the FTP Code, approved a unified interpretation of the FTP Code, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fifth session, as set out in the annex.

2 Member Governments are invited to use the annexed unified interpretation as guidance when applying relevant provisions of part 3 of the FTP Code for ships constructed on or after 1 June 2012 and to bring the unified interpretation to the attention of all parties concerned.

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