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issue or authorize the issue of an International Oil Pollution Preven- 

 tion Certificate (1973) to the ship in accordance with this Annex. 



(2) A copy of the Certificate and a copy of the survey report shall 

 be transmitted as soon as possible to the requesting Administration. 



(3) A Certificate so issued shall contain a statement to the effect 

 that it has been issued at the request of the Administration and it shall 

 have the same force and receive the same recognition as the Certificate 

 issued under Regulation 5 of this Annex. 



(4) No International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (1973) 

 shall be issued to a ship which is entitled to fly the flag of a State which 

 is not a Party. 



REGULATION 7 



Form of Certificate 



The International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (1973) shall 

 be drawn up in the official language or languages of the issuing coun- 

 try in the form corresponding to the model given in Appendix II to 

 this Annex. If the language used is neither English nor French, the 

 text shall include a translation into one of these languages. 



REGULATION 8 



Duration of Certificate 



(1) An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (1973) 

 shall be issued for a period specified by the Administration, which 

 shall not exceed five years from the date of issue, except as provided 

 in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this Regulation. 



(2) If a ship at the time when the Certificate expires is not in a port 

 or offshore terminal under the jurisdiction of the Party to the Conven- 

 tion whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, the certificate may be ex- 

 tended by the Administration, but such extension shall be granted only 

 for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the State 

 whose flag the ship is entitled to fly or in which it is to be surveyed 

 and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. 



(3) No Certificate shall be thus extended for a period longer than 

 five months and a ship to which such extension is granted shall not on 

 its arrival in the State whose flag it is entitled to fly or the port in 

 which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such extension to 

 leave that port or State without having obtained a new Certificate. 



(4) A Certificate which has not been extended under the provisions 

 of paragraph (2) of this Regulation may be extended by the Admini- 

 stration for a period of grace of up to one month from the date of 

 expiry stated on it. 



(5) A Certificate shall cease to be valid if significant alterations 

 have taken place in the construction, equipment, fittings, arrangements, 

 or material required without the sanction of the Administration, ex- 

 cept the direct replacement of such equipment or fittings, or if inter- 

 mediate surveys as specified by the Administration under Regulation 

 4(1) (c) of this Annex are not carried out. 



(6) A Certificate issued to a ship shall cease to be valid upon trans- 

 fer of such a ship to the flag of another State, except as provided m 

 paragraph (7) of this Regulation. 



(7) Upon transfer of a ship to the flag of another Party, the Certif- 

 icate shall remain in force for a period not exceeding five months pro- 



