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every case the Administration concerned fully guarantees the completeness and 

 efficiency of the survey and inspection. 



(4) After any survey of the siiip under this Regulation has been completed, 

 no change shall be made in the structure, equipment, arrangements or material 

 covered by the survey without the sanction of the Administration, except the 

 direct replacement of such equipment. 



REGULATION 5. ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE 



(1) An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (1973) shall be issued 

 to any oil tanker of [150] tons gross tonnage and above and any other ships of 

 [400]' tons gross tonnage and above which are engaged on international voyages, 

 after survey to such ship in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 4 of 

 this Annex. 



(2) Such Certificate shall be issued either by the Administration or by any 

 persons or organization duly authorized by it. In every ease the Administration 

 assumes full responsibility for the certificate. 



REGULATION 6. — ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE BY ANOTHER GOVERNMENT 



(1) A Contracting Government may, at the request of another Contracting 

 Government, cause a ship to be surveyed and, if satisfied that the provisions of 

 this Annex are complied with, shall issue or authorize the issue of an Interna- 

 tional Oil Pollution Prevention 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 trans- 

 mitted as early as possible to the requesting Government. 



(3) A certificate so issued shall contain a statement to the effect that it has 

 been issued at the request of the Government of the State whose flag the ship 

 is entitled to fly, and it shall have the same force and receive the same recogni- 

 tion 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 the Government of 

 which is not a Contracting Government. 



REGULATION 7. FORM OF CERTIFICATES 



(1) The Certificate shall be drawn up in the oflicial language or languages of 

 the issuing country. If the language used is neither English nor French, the text 

 shall include a translation into one of these languages. 



(2) The forms of the Certificates to be issued to oil tankers and to ships other 

 than oil tankers shall correspond to those of the models given in Parts A and 

 B of Appendix II to this Annex respectively. 



REGULATION 8. DURATION AND CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATES 



(1) An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (1973) shall be i.s- 

 sued for a period si)ecifled by the Administration, which shall not exceed five 

 years from the date of issue. 



(2) If, after the periodical survey referred to in Regulation 4(1) (b) of this 

 Annex, a new Certificate cannot be issued to the ship before the expiry of the 

 certificate originally issued, the person or organization carrying out the survey 

 may extend the validity of the original Certificate for a period of which shall not 

 exceed five months. This extension shall be endorsed on the Certificate, and 

 shall be granted only where there have been no alterations in the structure, 

 equipment and arrangements.^' 



(3) A Certificate shall cease to be valid if alterations have taken place in the 

 arrangement, construction, equipment and material required without the sanction 

 of the Administration, except the direct replacement of such etiuipment. and shall 

 be cancelled liy the Administratiim. 



(4) A Certificate issued to a sliip by the Administration shall cease to be valid 

 upon transfer of such a ship to the flag of another State, except as provided 

 in paragraph (.5) of this Regulation. 



(r>) I'pon transfer of a ship to the flag of another State, the Government of 

 which is a Contracting Government, the International Oil Pollution Prevention 



12 One delpcation sujrfrpstod that tlio wordin? similar to Up?nlation 14 of Chaptor I o 

 tho lOfiO Safety Convention shonkl be used in lieu of tlie wording of tlie 19G6 Load Lini 

 Convention used in tlie existini; text. 



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