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The Maritime Safety Committee

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO that the International Code of Safety for High Speed Craft (HSC Code) required, in paragraph 7.4.3.6, that materials used in the craft should not, when exposed to fire, emit smoke or toxic gases in quantities that could be dangerous to human beings as determined in tests of a standard developed by the Organization,

 RECALLING FURTHER that the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended, and the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977, restrict the use of combustible materials,

 RECALLING FURTHER that the Assembly, by resolution A.166(ES.IV) drew the attention of Member Governments to the hazards of smoke and toxicity caused by combustible materials in fires,

 BEARING IN MIND that smoke and toxic products generated by combustible materials are extremely hazardous for human beings during fires on board,

 RECOGNIZING the urgent necessity to develop fire test procedures and criteria on smoke and toxicity caused by combustible materials in fires,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to provide internationally uniform test procedures and criteria for smoke and toxicity,

  1. ADOPTS the Interim Standard for Measuring Smoke and Toxic Products of Combustion, set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

  2. INVITES Governments to apply the Interim Standard when implementing the HSC Code to ensure compliance with the criteria specified therein;

  3. AGREES to continue its work on the development of further test procedures, as may be appropriate.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.41(64) - Interim Standard for Measuring Smoke and Toxic Products for Combustion - (adopted on 5 December 1994)
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