1 Under the provisions of regulation I/6 of SOLAS 74, article 13 of
Load Lines 66, regulation 4 (now regulation
6) of Annex I and regulation 10 (now regulation 8) of Annex II of MARPOL
73/78 and article 6 of Tonnage 69, many
flag States authorize organizations to act on their behalf in the
surveys and certification and determination of tonnages as required
by these conventions.
2 Control in the assignment of such authority
is needed in order to promote uniformity of inspections and maintain
established standards. Therefore, any assignment of authority to recognized
organizations should:
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.1 determine that the organization has adequate
resources in terms of technical, managerial and research capabilities
to accomplish the tasks being assigned, in accordance with the Minimum
Standards for Recognized Organizations Acting on Behalf of the Administration
set out in appendix 1;
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.2 have a formal written agreement between the
Administration and the organization being authorized which should
as a minimum include the elements as set out in appendix 2 or equivalent legal arrangements;
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.3 specify instructions detailing actions to be
followed in the event that a ship is found not fit to proceed to sea
without danger to the ship or persons on board, or presenting unreasonable
threat of harm to the marine environment;
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.4 provide the organization with all appropriate
instruments of national law giving effect to the provisions of the
conventions or specify whether the Administration’s standards
go beyond convention requirements in any respect; and
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.5 specify that the organization maintains records
which can provide the Administration with data to assist in interpretation
of convention regulations.