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3 - Consolidated text of MARPOL Annex VI including resolutions MEPC.271(69) and MEPC.278(70)
4 Upon receiving such evidence, the Administration so informed sha ll investigate the matter, and may
request the other Party to fu rn ish further or better evidence of the alleged contravention. If the Administration
is satisfied that sufficient evidence is avai lable to enable proceedings to be brought in respect of the alleged
violation, it sha ll cause such proceedings to be taken in accordance with its law as soon as possible.
The Administration shall promptly inform the Party that has reported the alleged violation, as well as the
Organi zation, of the action taken.
5 A Party may also inspect a ship to which this Annex applies when it enters the ports or offshore terminals
under its jurisdiction, if a request for an investigation is received from any Party together with sufficient
evidence that the ship has em itted any of the substances covered by the Annex in any place in violation of
this Annex. The report of such investigation shall be sent to the Party requesting it and to the Administration
so that the appropriate action may be taken under the present Convention.
6 The international law concerning the prevention, reduction and control of pollution of the marine
environment from sh ips, including that law relating to enforcement and safeguards, in force at the time of
application or interpretation of this Annex, applies, mutatis mutandis, to the rules and standards set forth in
this Annex.
Chapter 3 - Requirements for control of emissions from ships
Regulation 12
Ozone-depleting substances
1 This regulation does not apply to permanently sealed equipment where there are no refrigerant charging
connections or potentially removable components containing ozone-depleting substances.
2 Subject to the provisions of regu lation 3.1, any deliberate emissions of ozone-depleting substances
shall be prohibited. Deliberate emissions include em issions occurring in the course of maintaining, servicing,
repairing or disposing of systems or equipment, except that deliberate emissions do not include minimal
releases associated with the recapture or recycling of an ozone-depleting substance. Emissions arising from
leaks of an ozone-depleting substance, whether or not the leaks are deliberate, may be regulated by Parties.
3.1 Installations that contain ozone-depleting substances, other than hydrochlorofluorocarbons, shall be
prohibited:
.1 on ships constructed on or after 19 May 2005; or
.2 in the case of ships constructed before 19 May 2005, which have a contractual delivery date of the
equipment to the ship on or after 19 May 2005 or, in the absence of a contractual delivery date,
the actual delivery of the equipment to the sh ip on or after 19 May 2005.
3.2 Installations that contain hydrochlorofluorocarbons shall be prohibited:
.1 on ships constructed on or after 1 January 2020; or
.2 in the case of ships constructed before 1 January 2020, which have a contractual delivery date of
the equipment to the ship on or after 1 January 2020 or, in the absence of a contractual delivery
date, the actual delivery of the equipment to the ship on or after 1 January 2020.
4 The substances referred to in th is regu lation, and equipment containing such substances, shall be
delivered to appropriate reception faci lities when removed from ships.
5 Each sh ip subject to regu lation 6.1 shall maintain a list of equipment containing ozone-depleting
substances.*
• See appendix I, Supplement to International Air Pollution Prevention Certiiicate IIAPP Certificate), section 2.1.
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