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3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

That Administration would need to receive the BLG Product Data Form.

This is in accordance with Regulation 3(4) of MARPOL Annex II.

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

As we said, the Tripartite Agreement will stand for 3 years, before which time all outstanding or otherwise necessary data will have to have been forwarded to the IMO (GESAMP) for the normal classification. Otherwise the Tripartite Agreement will expire.

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

If the cargo is assessed as being regulated by the IBC Code or MARPOL Annex II, the ship’s Certificate of Fitness and P&A Manual will have to be amended, usually by Classification Society arranged by Owner or Manager.

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

The shipping country will determine the provisional carriage requirements and seek the agreements of the Flag State and receiving countries using the standard fax format. The IMO and other involved Administrations should also be copied.

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

However, important parts of classification process indicated in MEPC Circular are: “the issuance of an Addendum to COF may be done immediately based on the Tripartite Agreement. The submission of data and evaluation by GESAMP may come afterwards.

Typical Class Addendum

to ship’s COF for new

cargo carriage based on

Tripartite Agreement.

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

Summary:

The agreement through which IMO categorizes new chemicals to be added to the IBC Code;

Issued as an IMO MEPC.2/Circular and is updated every December. (should be a copy on each ship);

3.1 The IMO Tripartite Agreement

Summary (contd.)

Lists all chemicals that have been provisionally assessed and assigned pollution categories under MARPOL Annex II;

Forms the basis of the list of Annex II chemicals in Chapter 17 (List of Minimum Requirements) in the IBC Code.

3.2 Content of Tripartite Agreement

Consists of the following Annexes:

Annex 1 / List 1: List of pure or technically pure substances. These cargo classification either have an expiration date (initially after 3 years), after which data must have been submitted to IMO for inclusion in the IBC Code; or where there is no expiration date and have been formally classified and will be included in the IBC Code at next publication.