21.2 Contents
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21.2 Contents

21.2.1 This chapter contains the following:

  • .1 minimum safety and pollution criteria for products subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code;

  • .2 criteria used to assign the minimum carriage requirements for products that meet the safety or pollution criteria to make them subject to chapter 17 of the IBC Code;

  • .3 criteria used for determining special requirements in chapter 15 of the IBC Code to be included in column o of chapter 17 of the IBC Code;

  • .4 criteria used for determining special requirements in chapter 16 of the IBC Code to be included in column o of chapter 17 of the IBC Code;

  • .5 definitions of properties used within this chapter;

  • .6 information on the use of the GESAMP Hazard Ratings; and

  • .7 information on the application of the SVC/LC50 ratio method.

21.2.2 The information included in parentheses following the classification criteria throughout this chapter refers to the GESAMP Hazard Profile ratings set out in appendix I of MARPOL Annex II under the "Abbreviated legend to the revised GESAMP Hazard Evaluation procedure". The full listing of GESAMP Hazard Profile ratings for evaluated substances are published annually in the GESAMP Composite List as a PPR Circular. It should be noted that ratings in parentheses (based on estimation methods applied by GESAMP) are considered as equivalent to ratings without parentheses for the purpose of assigning carriage requirements.

Parent topic: Chapter 21 Criteria for assigning carriage requirements for products subject to the IBC Code
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