1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its
ninety-sixth session (11 to 20 May 2016), in order to facilitate global and consistent
implementation of flooding assumptions requirements of the IGC Code,
approved unified interpretation relating to the IGC Code,
prepared by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Construction, at its third session (18
to 22 January 2016), as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to apply the
annexed unified interpretation and to bring them to the attention of all parties
concerned.