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preventing or minimizing pollution of the marine environment bv 

 harmful substances. 



(4) For the purpose of this Annex, empty receptacles, freight con- 

 tainers, portable tanks and road and rail tank wagons which have been 

 used previously for the carriage of harmful substances shall them- 

 selves be treated as harmful substances miless adequate precautions 

 have been taken to ensure that they contain no residue that is hazard- 

 ous 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. 



EEGTTLATION 3 



Marking and Lahelling 



Packages, whether shipped individually or in units or in freight 

 containers, 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 cor- 

 rect teclinical name), and further marked with a distinctive label or 

 stencil of label, indicating that the contents are harmful. Such identifi- 

 cation shall be supplemented where possible by any other means, for 

 example by the use of the United Nations number, 



REGULATIOISI" 4 



Docwmentation 



(1) In all documents relating to the carriage of harmful substances 

 by sea when 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 sliip carrying harmful substances shall have a special list 

 or manifest setting forth the harmful substances on board and the lo- 

 cation 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 documents shall also be retained on 

 shore by the owner of the ship or his representative until the harmful 

 substances are unloaded. 



(4) In a case where the ship carries a special list or manifest or a 

 detailed stowage plan, required for the carriage of dangerous goods by 

 the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in force, 

 the documents required for the purpose of this Annex may be com- 

 bined with those for dangerous goods. Where documents are combined, 

 a clear distinction shall be made between dangerous goods and other 

 harmful substances. 



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