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applicable. An appropriate entry shall be made in the Cargo Record 

 Book. 



(9) Any residues retained on board in a slop tank, including those 

 from pump room bilges, which contain a quantity of a Category B 

 substance outside a special area or a Category C substance in all areas 

 in excess of the aggregate of the maximum quantities specified in 

 Regulation 5(2) (c), (3) (c) or (9) (c) of this Annex, whichever is 

 applicable, shall be discharged to a reception facility. An appropriate 

 entry shall be made in the Cargo Record Book. 



REGULATIOlSr 9 



Cargo Record Booh 



(1) Every ship to which this Annex applies shall be provided with 

 a Cargo Record Book, whether as part of the ship's official log book 

 or otherwise, in the form specified in Appendix IV to this Annex. 



(2) The Cargo Record Book shall be completed, on a tank-to-tank 

 basis, whenever any of the following operations with respect to a 

 noxious liquid substance take place in the ship : 



(i) loading of cargo ; 



(ii) unloading of cargo ; 



(iii) transfer of cargo; 



(iv) transfer of cargo, cargo residues or mixtures containing 

 cargo to a slop tank ; 



( V ) cleaning of cargo t anks ; 



(vi) transfer from slop tanks ; 



(vii) ballasting of cargo tanks ; 



(viii) transfer of dirty ballast water; 



(ix) discharge into the sea in accordance with Regulation 5 

 of this Annex. 



(3) In the event of any discharge of the kind referred to in Article 

 7 of the present Convention and Regulation 6 of this Annex of any 

 noxious liquid substance or mixture containing such substance, 

 whether intentional or accidental, an entry shall be made in the Cargo 

 Record Book stating the circumstances of, and the reason for, the 

 discharge. 



(4) When a surveyor appointed or authorized by the Government 

 of the Party to the Convention to supervise any operations under .this 

 Annex has inspected a ship, then that surveyor shall make an ap- 

 propriate entry in the Cargo Record Book. 



(5) Each operation referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 

 Regulation shall be fully recorded without delay in the Cargo Record 

 Book so that all the entries in the Book appropriate to that operation 

 are completed. Each entry shall be signed by the officer or officers in 

 charge of the operation concerned and, when the ship is manned, each 

 page shall be signed by the Master of the ship. The entries in the 

 Cargo Record Book shall be in an official language of the State whose 

 flag the ship is entitled to fly, and, for ships holding an International 

 Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid 

 Substances in Bulk (1973) in English or French. The entries in an 



