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Annex I
 
Chapter 1 - General
 
1 Definitions
2 Application
3 Exemptions and waivers
4 Exceptions
5 Equivalents
 
Chapter 2 - Surveys and certification
 
6 Surveys
7 Issue or endorsement of certificate
8 Issue or endorsement of certificate by another Government
9 Form of certificate
10 Duration and validity of certificate
11 Port State control on operational requirements
 
Chapter 3 - Requirements for machinery spaces of all ships
Part A - Construction
12 Tanks for oil residues (sludge)
13 Standard discharge connection
 
Part B - Equipment
14 Oil filtering equipment
 
Part C - Control of operational discharge of oil
15 Control of discharge of oil
16 Segregation of oil and water ballast and carriage of oil in forepeak tanks
17 Oil Record Book, Part I - Machinery space operations
 
Chapter 4 - Requirements for the cargo areas of oil tankers
 
Part A - Construction
18 Segregated ballast tanks
19 Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tankers delivered on or after 6 July 1996
20 Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tankers delivered before 6 July 1996
21 Prevention of oil pollution from oil tankers carrying heavy grade oil as cargo
22 Pump-room bottom protection
23 Accidental oil outflow performance
24 Damage assumptions
25 Hypothetical outflow of oil
26 Limitations of size and arrangement of cargo tanks
27 Intact stability
28 Subdivision and damage stability
29 Slop tanks
30 Pumping, piping and discharge arrangement
 
Part B - Equipment
31 Oil discharge monitoring and control system
32 Oil/water interface detector
33 Crude oil washing requirements
 
Part C - Control of operational discharge of oil
34 Control of discharge of oil
35 Crude oil washing operations
36 Oil Record Book, Part II - Cargo/ballast operations
 
Chapter 5 - Prevention of oil pollution arising from an oil pollution incident
 
37 Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan
 
Chapter 6 - Reception facilities
 
38 Reception facilities
 
Chapter 7 - Special requirements for fixed or floating platforms
39 Special requirements for fixed or floating platforms
 
Appendices to Annex I
 
AI List of oils
AII Form of IOPP Certificate and Supplements
AIII Form of Oil Record Book
 
Unified Interpretations of Annex I
 
Appendices to Unified Interpretations of Annex I
 
A1 Guidance to Administrations concerning draughts recommended for segregated ballast tankers below 150 m in length
 
A2 Interim recommendation for a unified interpretation of regulations 18.12-18.15 ''Protective location of segregated ballast spaces
 
A3 Connection of small diameter line to the manifold valve
 
A4 Specifications for the design, installation and operation of a part flow system for control of overboard discharges
 
A5 Discharges from fixed or floating platforms

Annex I- Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil

Chapter 2 - Surveys and certification
Regulation 10 - Duration and validity of certificate

1 An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued for a period specified by the Administration, which shall not exceed five years.

2.1 Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph 1 of this regulation, when the renewal survey is completed within 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.

2.2 When the renewal survey is completed after the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.

2.3 When the renewal survey is completed more than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.

3 If a certificate is issued for a period of less than 5 years, the Administration may extend the validity of the certificate beyond the expiry date to the maximum period specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation, provided that the surveys referred to in regulations 6.1.3 and 6.1.4 of this Annex applicable when a certificate is issued for a period of 5 years are carried out as appropriate.

4 If a renewal survey has been completed and a new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the person or organization authorized by the Administration may endorse the existing certificate and such a certificate shall be accepted as valid for a further period which shall not exceed 5 months from the expiry date.

5 If a ship at the time when a certificate expires is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the Administration may extend the period of validity of the certificate but this extension shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in which it is to be surveyed, and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No certificate shall be extended for a period longer than 3 months, and a ship to which an extension is granted shall not, on its arrival in the port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such extension to leave that port without having a new certificate. When the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the extension was granted.

6 A certificate issued to a ship engaged on short voyages which has not been extended under the foregoing provisions of this regulation may be extended by the Administration for a period of grace of up to one month from the date of expiry stated on it. When the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the extension was granted.

7 In special circumstances, as determined by the Administration, a new certificate need not be dated from the date of expiry of the existing certificate as required by paragraphs 2.2, 5 or 6 of this regulation. In these special circumstances, the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.

8 If an annual or intermediate survey is completed before the period specified in regulation 6 of this Annex, then:

.1 the anniversary date shown on the certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date which shall not be more than 3 months later than the date on which the survey was completed;
.2 the subsequent annual or intermediate survey required by regulation 6.1 of this Annex shall be completed at the intervals prescribed by that regulation using the new anniversary date; and
.3 the expiry date may remain unchanged provided one or more annual or intermediate surveys, as appropriate, are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by regulation 6.1 of this Annex are not exceeded.

9 A certificate issued under regulation 7 or 8 of this Annex shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:

.1 if the relevant surveys are not completed within the periods specified under regulation 6.1 of this Annex;
.2 if the certificate is not endorsed in accordance with regulation 6.1.3 or 6.1.4 of this Annex; or
.3 upon transfer of the ship to the flag of another State. A new certificate shall only be issued when the Government issuing the new certificate is fully satisfied that the ship is in compliance with the requirements of regulations 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 of this Annex. In the case of a transfer between Parties, if requested within 3 months after the transfer has taken place, the Government of the Party whose flag the ship was formerly entitled to fly shall, as soon as possible, transmit to the Administration copies of the certificate carried by the ship before the transfer and, if available, copies of the relevant survey reports.