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(a) Reception facilities. 



(b) Mixed with cargo. 



(c) Transferred to anotlier (otlier) tank(s) (identify tank (s) ). 



(d) Otlier 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 (if any) of substance. 



44. Circumstances of discharge or escape and general remarks. 



Signature of Master 



Signature of Surveyor (if required) 



Annex III ' — Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Sub- 

 stances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form, or in Cargo Containers or in 

 Portable Tanks 



regulation 1 — application 



(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise, these regulations apply to all ships 

 carrying harmful substances in packaged form or in cargo containers or in port- 

 able tanks. 



(2) [Such carriage of harmful substances is prohibited except in accordance 

 with the provisions of this Annex.] ^ 



(3) To supplement the provisions of this Annex each Contracting State shall 

 issue, or cause to be issued, detailed instructions on packaging, marking and 

 lal>elling, documentation, stowage, quantity limitations, discharge by jettisoning 

 and leakages for preventing or minimizing pollution of the marine environment 

 by harmful substances.^ 



(4) For the purpose of this Annex, empty receptacles, cargo containers and 

 portable tanks which have been used previously for the carriage of harmful sub- 

 stances shall themselves be treated as harmful substances unless adequate pre- 

 cautions have been taken to ensure that they contain no residue that is hazardous 

 to the marine environment. 



regulation 2 * — packaging 



Packaging, cargo containers and portable tanks shall be adequate to minimize 

 the hazard to the marine environment having regard to their specific contents. 



regulation 3 * — marking and labelling 



Each package, cargo container, or portable tank containing a harmful sub- 

 stance shall be durably marked with the correct technical name (trade names 

 shall not be used), and further marked with a distinctive label or stencil of label, 

 indicating that the contents are harmful. Such identification may be supplemented 

 by any other means, for example by the use of the UX number of the substance 

 "ssigned by the United Nations Committee. 



REGULATION 4— DOCUMENTATION 



(1) Tn 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). 



1 Spvpral (lelopations wore of tho opinion that ttiis snb.iort lias not been ronsidorprl In 

 stifficipnt <letail to incorporate tlic jirovisioiis of fliis .\nnox in tlip ("onvtMition, ami tliorp- 

 forc snuxpstod tliat tliesp provisions slioulrt he pstal)lislip(l in tlic form of reponnnpndations 

 apppiidpd to a Coiifprpncp Rpsolution. .V projiosi'd tpxt of sucli a IJpsolntion witli accom- 

 panying Ucconimcndations is sliown on page 127 of tliis docnntcnt as an addendum to 

 tliis footnote. 



- Some dplpcations fppl this provision is snpprfluons. 



3 See draft Kpsolntion 7. 



* Some dplPRatlons pointed out that much further \vorl< will 1)p required to clarify such 

 aspects as thp a<lpfiuacy of packaf;iu(rs. carco containers and portalt'e tanks to miniml/e 

 the hazard to tlie marine environment (Keculatioii 2). and ttip <lesree of durability 

 required for labels relative to that of the various packaglncs on which thev are to be 

 affixed (Regulation 3). 



