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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth session (16 to 25 May 2012), with a view to ensuring a uniform approach towards the application of the provisions of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5, and following a recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-sixth session, approved the annexed unified interpretation concerning the means by which compliance with SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5 is achieved.

  2 In this context, it is recalled that 1 January 2011 was the entry into force date of the amendments to SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5 adopted by resolution MSC.282(86) and the date on which the interpretation of the term "new installation of materials containing asbestos" as contained in MSC.1/Circ.1379 became effective.

3 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-seventh session (21 to 25 November 2016), approved the amendments to the Unified interpretation of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5 (MSC.1/Circ.1426), replacing all references to resolution MEPC.197(62) with references to resolution MEPC.269(68) and adding the footnote providing a definition of "materials containing asbestos" to paragraph 2 of the annex to MSC.1/Circ.1426.

  4 Member Governments are urged to implement as soon as possible the annexed interpretation when verifying compliance with SOLAS regulation II-1/3-5 and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.

 5 This circular supersedes circular MSC.1/Circ.1426.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1426/Rev.1 – Unified Interpretation of SOLAS Regulation II-1/3-5 – (24 November 2016)
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