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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-fourth session (30 May to 8 June 2001), approved the Guidelines for the approval of fixed aerosol fire-extinguishing systems equivalent to fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces (MSC/Circ.1007).

  2 The Sub-Committee on Fire Protection, at its fifty-second session (14 to 18 January 2008), reviewed the Guidelines for the approval of fixed aerosol fire-extinguishing systems equivalent to fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces (MSC/Circ.1007) and revised the Guidelines.

  3 The Committee, at its eighty-fourth session (7 to 16 May 2008), after having considered the above proposal, approved the Revised Guidelines for the approval of fixed aerosol fire-extinguishing systems equivalent to fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces, as set out in the annex.

  4 Member Governments are invited to apply the Revised Guidelines for the approval of fixed aerosol fire-extinguishing systems equivalent to fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems, as referred to in SOLAS 74, for machinery spaces on and after 9 May 2008 and bring them to the attention of ship designers, ship owners, equipment manufacturers, test laboratories and other parties concerned.

  5 This circular supersedes circular MSC/Circ.1007.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1270 – Revised Guidelines for the Approval of Fixed Aerosol Fire-Extinguishing Systems Equivalent to Fixed Gas Fire-Extinguishing Systems, as Referred to in SOLAS 74, for Machinery Spaces – (4 June 2008)
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