MSC.1-Circ.1628-Rev.3-RevisedStandardizedLife-SavingApplianceEvaluationAndTestReportForms(personallife-savingappliances)

INTERNATIONALEMARITIMEORGANIZATION4 ALBERT EMBANKMENTLONDON SE1 7SRTelephone:+44(o2077357611Fax:+44(0)2075873210MSC.1/Circ.1628/Rev.322 January 2025REVISED STANDARDIZED LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCE EVALUATIONAND TEST REPORT FORMS(PERSONAL LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES)1The 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).The 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,owing 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 Ilto Vll of the LSA Code,respectively.The forms annexed to this circular apply to the equipment addressed in chapter ll ofthe LSA Code,i.e.personal life-saving appliances (lifebuoys and associated equipment;lifejackets and associated equipment;immersion suits and associated equipment;anti-exposure suits;and thermal protective aids).The Committee,at its 107th session(31 May to 9 June 2023),approved amendmentsto the evaluation and test report forms emanating from amendments to resolution MSC.81(70)on thermal manikin tests,for dissemination as MSC.1/Circ.1628/Rev.1.The Committee,at its 108th session(15 to 24 May 2024),approved amendments tothe evaluation and test report forms with respect to the in-water performance of lifejackets,emanating from amendments to the LSA Code and resolution MSC.81(70),for disseminationas MSC.1/Circ.1628/Rev.2.6The Committee,at its 109th session(2 to 6 December 2024),approved amendmentsto the evaluation and test report forms with respect to retro-reflective materials used on personallife-saving appliances.The text of the Revised standardized life-saving appliance evaluationand test report foms (personal life-saving appliances)is set out in the annex.The use of the revised forms will continue to be of benefit to Administrations and otherparties,such as manufacturers,test facilities,owners and surveyors;and will be a major helpin mutually accepting the type approval of appliances approved by other Administrations.Member Governments are invited to bring the annexed revised foms to the attentionof all parties concerned with approving,manufacturing and testing life-saving appliances,and to encourage them to use the foms.I:CIRCMSC1MSC.1-Circ.1628-Rev.3.docx