1 General Requirements
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Circulars - Marine Environment Protection Committee - MEPC.1/Circular.614 – Unified Interpretations to MARPOL Annex VI – (5 January 2009)Sulphur Limits in Fuel and Fuel Oil Verification Procedure for MARPOL Annex VI - Annex – Unified Interpretations to MARPOL Annex VI Related to Sulphur Limits in Fuel and Fuel Oil Verification - Appendix – Fuel Oil Verification Procedure for MARPOL Annex VI Fuel Oil Samples - 1 General Requirements

1 General Requirements

  1.1 The representative fuel oil sample, which is required by paragraph (6) of regulation 18 (the “MARPOL sample”) shall be used to verify the sulphur content of the fuel oil supplied to a ship.

  1.2 An Administration, through its competent authority, should manage the verification procedure.

  1.3 The laboratories responsible for the verification procedure set forth in this appendix should be fully accreditedfootnote for the purpose of conducting the test method(s).

Parent topic: Appendix – Fuel Oil Verification Procedure for MARPOL Annex VI Fuel Oil Samples
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