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RECOMMENDATION 2 ^ PACKAGING 



Packaging:, cargo containers and iwrtable tanks should be adequate to 

 minimize hazard to the marine environment having regard to their specific 

 contents. 



BECOMMENDATION 3 ^ MARKING AND LABELLING 



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

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

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

 label, indicating that the contents are harmful. Such identification may be sup- 

 plemented by any other means, for example by the use of the UN number of the 

 substance assigned by the United Nations. 



RECOMMENDATION 4 — DOCUMENTATION 



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

 where such substances are named, the correct technical name of the substances 

 should be used (trade names should not be used). 



(2) The shipping documents supplied by the shipper should 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 ship carrying harmful substances .should have a special list or mani- 

 fest setting forth the harmful substances on board and the location 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. 



(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 

 puriJose of this Appendix should be combined with those for dangerous goods. 



RECOMMENDATION 5 STOWAGE 



Harmful substances should be both properly stowed and secured so as to 

 minimize the hazard to the marine environment without impairing the safety of 

 ship and persons on board. 



RECOMMENDATION 6 ^ — QUANTITY LIMITATIONS 



Certain harmful substances which are very hazardous to the marine environ- 

 ment should either be prohibited for carriage or should be limited as to the quan- 

 tity which may be carried aboard any one ship. In limiting the quantity due 

 consideration should be given to size, construction and equipment of the ship 

 as well as the inherent nature of the substance. 



RECOMMENDATION 7 — EXCEPTIONS 



(1) Discharge by jettisoning of harmful substances in packaged form or in 

 cargo containers or in portable tanks should be prohibited except where neces- 

 sary for the puri'f>se of securing the safety of the ship or saving life at sea. 



(2) Subject to the provisions of the International Convention for the Preven- 

 tion of Pollution from Ships, 1973, appropriate measures, based on the physical, 

 chemical and biological properties o£ harmful substances, should be taken to 

 regulate the washing of leakages overboard provided that compliance with such 

 measures would not impair the safety of the ship and persons on board. 



RECOMMENDATION 8 — ARRANGEMENTS FOR RECOVERY 



Contracting States or groups of Contracting States should make arrangements 

 to cater for the possible need to recover or otherwise deal with harmful sub- 

 stances which are lost or may be lost into the sea from ships. 



1 Some delegations pointed out that miieli further work will be required to clarify such 

 asnects as the adequacy of packaffings, cargo containers and portable tanks to minimize the 

 hazard to the marine environment (Recommendation 2), and the degree of durability 

 re^'uired for labels relative to tliat of the various packagings on which they are to be 

 afl5\e'' (Recommendation.''.). 



2 Some delegations mentioned that this interdiction may interfere with international 

 trade and that actually no scientific or technical reason could justify this interdiction. It 

 "■as agreed that great care should be exercised when finalizing the text so as to ensure 

 compatability with the provisions of other Annexes. 



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