8.1 As soon as possible after a provisional assessment
has been made of a pure or technically pure chemical or of a mixture
containing more than 3% by weight of unassessed components, either
the Administration of the shipping or producing country or the manufacturer
should submit to GESAMPfootnote the data required
to develop a hazard profile of the substance or component or mixture,
using the format reproduced in annex 8.
8.2 Unless such a substance, component or mixture
will have been evaluated by GESAMP and IMO in the meantime, its provisional
assessment by tripartite agreement will cease to be valid three years
after the date of publication by IMO of the MEPC circular referred
to in 2.8.