1 This regulation does not apply to permanently sealed equipment where there
are no refrigerant charging connections or potentially removable components containing
ozone-depleting substances.
2 Subject to the provisions of regulation 3.1, 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.
3.1 Installations that contain ozone-depleting substances, other than
hydrochlorofluorocarbons, shall be prohibited:
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.1 on ships constructed on or after 19 May 2005; or
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.2 in the case of ships constructed before 19 May 2005 which have a
contractual delivery date of the equipment to the ship on or after 19 May 2005 or,
in the absence of a contractual delivery date, the actual delivery of the
equipment to the ship on or after 19 May 2005.
3.2 Installations that contain hydrochlorofluorocarbons shall be
prohibited:
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.1 on ships constructed on or after 1 January 2020; or
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.2 in the case of ships constructed before 1 January 2020 which have
a contractual delivery date of the equipment to the ship on or after 1 January
2020 or, in the absence of a contractual delivery date, the actual delivery of the
equipment to the ship on or after 1 January 2020.
4 The substances referred to in this regulation, and equipment containing
such substances, shall be delivered to appropriate reception facilities when removed
from ships.
5 Each ship subject to regulation 6.1 shall maintain a list of equipment containing
ozone-depleting substances.footnote
6 Each ship subject to regulation 6.1 that has rechargeable systems that
contain ozone-depleting substances shall maintain an ozone-depleting substances record
book. This record book may form part of an existing logbook or electronic record
bookfootnote as approved by the Administration. An electronic recording
system referred to in regulation 12.6, as adopted by resolution MEPC.176(58), shall be considered an electronic record book,
provided the electronic recording system is approved by the Administration on or before
the first IAPP Certificate renewal survey carried out on or after 1 October 2020, but
not later than 1 October 2025, taking into account the guidelines developed by the
Organization.footnote
7 Entries in the ozone-depleting substances record book shall be recorded
in terms of mass (kg) of substance and shall be completed without delay on each
occasion, in respect of the following:
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.1 recharge, full or partial, of equipment containing ozone-depleting
substances;
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.2 repair or maintenance of equipment containing ozone-depleting
substances;
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.3 discharge of ozone-depleting substances to the atmosphere:
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.3.1 deliberate; and
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.3.2 non-deliberate;
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.4 discharge of ozone-depleting substances to land-based reception
facilities; and
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.5 supply of ozone-depleting substances to the ship.