5.1 General
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5.1 General

  5.1.1 The expected safety performance of the alternative and/or equivalent design should be quantitatively specified in the form of the evaluation criteria. As stated in section 4, the approval of alternatives and/or equivalencies requires the development, review, and selection of appropriate evaluation criteria. Before evaluation the alternative and/or equivalent design, the Submitter and the Administration need to agree on established evaluation criteria.

  5.1.2 Following the design preview phase, the Submitter and the Administration will need to develop the evaluation criteria to be applied and an assessment plan which clearly states the agreed evaluation criteria and its basis.

  5.1.3 Safety objectives and functional requirements available in IMO instruments should be taken into consideration when developing the evaluation criteria.

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