NEW CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS:

Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance ) · European Union

All stairways shall be of steel frame construction and shall be within enclosures formed of ‘A’ class divisions, with positive means of closure of all openings except that: a stairway connecting only two decks need not be enclosed, provided the integrity of the deck is maintained by proper bulkheads or doors in one between-deck space. When a stairway is closed in one between-deck space, the stairway enclosure shall be protected in accordance with the tables for decks in Regulations 4 and 5; stairways may be fitted in the open in a public space, provided they lie wholly within such public space.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.