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1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its 101st session (5 to 14 June 2019), with a view to providing guidance for ships constructed on or after 1 July 1986 and before 1 July 2016 wanting to carry the additional products listed in chapter 19 of the Amendments to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (resolution MSC.370(93)) (hereafter referred to as "the amended IGC Code"), approved the example of an addendum to the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk for ships built before 1 July 2016, prepared by the Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, at its fifth session, as set out in the annex.

2 Unless expressly provided otherwise, ships constructed on or after 1 July 1986 and before 1 July 2016 wanting to carry the additional products listed in chapter 19 of the amended IGC Code may carry these additional products subject to them being listed in the addendum to the Certificate of Fitness and meeting the requirements of the applicable IGC Code.

3 Furthermore, the Guidance on completing the certificate of fitness under the IBC, BCH, IGC, GC and EGC Codes (MSC-MEPC.5/Circ.14) needs to be considered, in addition to paragraph 2, when issuing the Certificate of Fitness for ships built on or after 1 July 1986 and before 1 July 2016.

4 Member States are invited to use the annexed example when applying the relevant provision of the amended IGC Code and to bring it to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: MSC.1/Circular.1607 - Carriage of Chapter 19 Products, Amended IGC Code (Resolution MSC.370(93)), on Ships Built After 1 July 1986 and Before 1 July 2016 - (2 July 2019)
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