1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its
ninety-sixth session (11 to 20 May 2016), in order to facilitate global and consistent
implementation of the requirements of the 2009 MODU
Code, approved a unified interpretation for chapter 1 of the 2009 MODU
Code, as set out in the annex.
2 Member States are invited to apply the
annexed unified interpretation and to bring it to the attention of all parties
concerned.