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(c) Transferred to another(other) tank(s) (identify tank(s) ). 
(da) Other method. 
40. Date and port of disposal of residue. 
(h) Accidental or other exceptional discharge: 
41. Date and time of occurrence. 
42. Place or position of ship at time of occurrence. 
43. Approximate quantity, name and category of substance. 
44. Circumstances of discharge or escape and general remarks. 
Signature of Master 
Text of Annex III of the Convention Adopted by the Conference 
ANNEX III. REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVPNTION OF POLLUTION BY HARMFUL SUB- 
STANCES CARRIED BY SEA IN PACKAGED FORMS, OR IN FREIGHT CONTAINERS, 
PORTABLE TANKS OR ROAD AND RaiL TANK WAGONS 
Regulation 1 
APPLICATION 
(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, the Regulations of this Annex apply 
to all ships carrying harmful substances in packaged forms, or in freight con- 
tainers, portable tanks or road and rail tank wagons. 
(2) Such earriage of harmful substances is prohibited expect in accordance 
with the provisions of this Annex. 
(3) To supplement the provisions of this Annex the Government of each Party 
to the Convention shall issue, or cause to be issued, detailed requirements on 
packaging, marking and labelling, documentation, stowage, quantity limitations, 
exceptions and notification, for preventing or minimizing pollution of the marine 
environment by harmful substances. 
(4) For the purpose of this Annex, empty receptacles, freight containers, port- 
able tanks and road and rail tank wagons which have been uSed previously for 
the earriage of harmful substances shall themselves be treated as harmful sub- 
Stances unless adequate precautions have been taken to ensure that they contain 
no residue that is hazardous to the marine environment. 
Regulation 2 
PACKAGING 
Packagings, freight containers, portable tanks and road and rail tank wagons 
shall be adequate to minimize the hazard to the marine environment having 
regard to their specific contents. 
Regulation 3 
MARKING AND LABELLING 
Packages, whether shipped individually or in units or in freight containers, 
portable tanks or road and rail tank wagons containing a harmful substance, 
shall be durably marked with the correct technical name (trade names shall not 
be used as the correct technical name), and further marked with a distinctive 
label or stencil of label, indicating that the contents are harmful. Such identifica- 
tion shall be supplemented where possible by any other means, for example by 
the use of the United Nations number. 
Regulation 4 
DOCUMENTATION 
(1) In all documents relating to the carriage of harmful substances by sea 
where such substances are named, the correct technical name of the substances 
shall be used (trade names shall not be used). 
(2) The shipping documents supplied by the shipper shall include a certificate 
or declaration that the shipment offered for carriage is properly packed, marked 
and labelled and in proper condition for carriage to minimize the hazard to the 
marine environment. 
(3) Each ship carrying harmful substances shall have a special list or 
manifest setting forth the harmful substances on board and the location 
thereof. A detailed stowage plan which sets out the location of all harmful 
substances on board may be used in place of such special list or manifest. 
Copies of such do»##ments shall also be retained on shore by the owner of the 
ship or his represefitative until the harmful substances are unloaded. 
