1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninetieth
session (16 to 25 May 2012), with a view to providing more specific
guidance for the application of the relevant requirements of the 1974
SOLAS Convention, approved unified interpretations of SOLAS chapter II-2, prepared by the Sub-Committee
on Fire Protection, at its fifty-fifth session, as set out in the
annex, in the form of amendments to MSC/Circ.1120.
2 Member Governments are invited to use the unified
interpretations set out below as guidance when applying the relevant
provisions of SOLAS chapter II-2 to
fire protection of ships' pantries and to bring them to the attention
of all parties concerned.