Annex 1 - Controls on Anti-Fouling Systems
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Annex 1 - Controls on Anti-Fouling Systems

Anti-fouling system Control measures Application Effective date
Organotin compounds which act as biocides in anti-fouling systems Ships shall not apply or re-apply such compounds All ships 1 January 2003
Organotin compounds which act as biocides in anti-fouling systems Ships either:
  • (1) shall not bear such compounds on their hulls or external parts or surfaces; or
  • (2) shall bear a coating that forms a barrier to such compounds leaching from the underlying noncompliant antifouling systems
All ships (except fixed and floating platforms, FSUs, and FPSOs that have been constructed prior to 1 January 2003 and that have not been in dry-dock on or after 1 January 2003) 1 January 2008
Cybutryne

CAS No. 28159-98-0

Ships shall not apply or re-apply anti-fouling systems containing this substance All ships 1 January 2023
Cybutryne

CAS No. 28159-98-0

Ships bearing an anti-fouling system that contains this substance in the external coating layer of their hulls or external parts or surfaces on 1 January 2023 shall either:

(1) remove the anti-fouling system; or

(2) apply a coating that forms a barrier to this substance leaching from the underlying non-compliant anti-fouling system

All ships except:

(1) fixed and floating platforms, FSUs, and FPSOs that have been constructed prior to 1 January 2023 and that have not been in dry-dock on or after 1 January 2023;

(2) ships not engaged in international voyages; and

(3) ships of less than 400 gross tonnage engaged in international voyages, if accepted by the coastal State(s)

At the next scheduled renewal of the anti-fouling system after 1 January 2023, but no later than 60 months following the last application to the ship of an anti-fouling system containing cybutryne
Parent topic: AFS - International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001
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