Regulation 12 - Ozone-depleting substances
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Regulation 12 - Ozone-depleting substances

 Regulation 12 read as follows:

Parent topic: MARPOL Annex VI

“Ozone-depleting substances

  (1) Subject to the provisions of regulation 3, any deliberate emissions of ozone-depleting substances shall be prohibited. Deliberate emissions include emissions occurring in the course of maintaining, servicing, repairing or disposing of systems or equipment, except that deliberate emissions do not include minimal releases associated with the recapture or recycling of an ozone-depleting substance. Emissions arising from leaks of an ozone-depleting substance, whether or not the leaks are deliberate, may be regulated by Parties to the Protocol of 1997.

  (2) New installations which contain ozone-depleting substances shall be prohibited on all ships, except that new installations containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) are permitted until 1 January 2020.

  (3) The substances referred to in this regulation, and equipment containing such substances, shall be delivered to appropriate reception facilities when removed from ships.”

 Interpretation:

 With respect to the completion of the IAPP certificate supplement items 2.1.2 and 2.1.3, permanently sealed refrigeration equipment should not be included. Permanently sealed refrigeration equipment are equipment where there is no refrigerant charging connections or potentially removable components.

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