9 Control ( article VI )
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9 Control ( article VI )

Parent topic: Supplement - Recommendation on harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as amended footnote

9.1 General

 For the purposes of effecting control (as envisaged in article VI of the Convention) Contracting Parties should only appoint government bodies.

9.2 Containers which are not defective but which have no Safety Approval Plate or which have an incorrectly completed plate

 Such containers should be stopped. However, where evidence can be produced either to the effect that such container has been approved under the terms of the Convention or to the effect that such container meets the standards of the Convention, then the authority exercising control may permit the container to proceed to its destination for unloading, with the proviso that it shall be plated as expeditiously as may be practicable and not reloaded before it has been correctly plated under the Convention.

9.3 Containers which are "out of date"

 A container found to have marked on or near to its Safety Approval Plate a next maintenance examination date which is in the past should be stopped. However, the competent authority exercising control may permit the container to proceed to its destination for unloading with the proviso that it should be examined and updated as expeditiously as may be practicable and not reloaded before this has been done.

9.4 Unsafe containers ( article VI , paragraph 1, third sentence)

 Where a container is found by the authority exercising control to have a defect which could place a person in danger, then the container should be stopped. However, if the container can be safely moved (e.g. to a place where it can be restored to a safe condition, or to its destination) the officer exercising control may permit such movement on such conditions as the officer may specify with the proviso that the container shall be repaired as expeditiously as may be practicable and not reloaded before this has been done.

9.5 International movement of containers under control

 It is recognized that in any of he cases set out in 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 the owner may wish to move his container to another country where the appropriate corrective action can be more conveniently carried out. Control officers may permit such movements, in accordance with the provisions of 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 as appropriate, but should take such measures as may be reasonably practicable to ensure that the appropriate corrective action is indeed taken. In particular, the control officer permitting such a movement should consider whether it would be necessary to inform the control officer or officers in the other country or countries through which the container is to be moved. Further consideration of the practical aspects of this matter is needed.

9.6 Notification concerning unsafe containers of a given Approved series

 It is suggested that if a considerable number of containers in a given approved series are found to be unsafe as a result of defects which may have existed prior to approval (article VI, paragraph 2), it may be desirable for Administrations to notify the Organization as well as the Contracting Party concerned.

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