MSC.1-Circ.1628-Rev.1-RevisedStandardizedLife-SavingApplianceEvaluationAndTestReportForms(personallifesavingappliances)

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(0)2077357611Fax:+44(0)2075873210MSC.1/Circ.1628/Rev.110Juy2023REVISED STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE EVALUATION AND TESTREPORT FORMS(PERSONAL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES)The Maritime Safety Committee,at its 102nd session (4 to 11 November 2020),approved the Revised standardized life-saving appliance evaluation and test report forms(MSC.1/Circ.1628).2The original forms,as set forth in the Standardized life-saving appliance evaluationand test report foms(MSC/Circ.980)and its addenda,were developed on the basis of therequirements of the Intemational Life-Saving Appliance (LSA)Code and the Revisedrecommendation on testing of life-saving appliances(resolution MSC.81(70))by the MaritimeSafety Committee,at its seventy-third session in 2001,with a view to providing guidance onhow to conduct tests,record test data and verify tests.The Committee adopted severalamendments to the LSA Code and to resolution MSC.81(70).These amendments wereincorporated in the original forms which,due to their volume,were presented in six separatecirculars,i.e.MSC.1/Circ.1628,MSC.1/Circ.1629,MSC.1/Circ.1630,MSC.1/Circ.1631,MSC.1/Circ.1632 and MSC.1/Circ.1633,pertaining to the equipment addressed in chapters llto VIl of the LSA Code,respectively.The forms annexed to this circular apply to the equipmentaddressed in chapter ll of the LSA Code,i.e.personal life-saving appliances (lifebuoys andassociated equipment:lifejackets and associated equipment:immersion suits and associatedequipment;anti-exposure suits;and thermal protective aids).3The Committee,at its 107th session (31 May to 9 June 2023),approved draftamendments to the evaluation and test report forms emanating from amendments toresolution MSC.81(70)on thermal manikin tests,for dissemination asMSC.1/Circ.1628/Rev.1.The text of the Revised standardized life-saving applianceevaluation and test report forms(personal life saving appliances)is set out in the annex.4The use of the revised forms will continue to be of benefit to Administrations andother parties,such as manufacturers,test facilities,owners and surveyors,and will be a majorhelp in mutually accepting the type approval of appliances approved by other Administrations.Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed revised forms to the attentionof all parties concerned with approving,manufacturing and testing of life-saving appliances,and to encourage them to use the foms.6This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1628.I:CIRCMSC1MSC.1-Circ.1628-Rev.1.docxMARPOL AT 50