The Ship Recycling Facility should submit an application
for authorization to conduct ship recycling to the Competent Authority(ies).
The formal application should be accompanied by a completed Ship Recycling
Facility Plan (SRFP). The Ship Recycling Facility and Competent Authority(ies)
may hold preliminary discussions before the formal application is
submitted.
The Competent Authority(ies) should be aware of any requirements
and obligations outside the scope of the Convention that have been
established under regional and/or national law and regulations and
are applicable to Ship Recycling Facilities operating under its jurisdiction.
Nothing in the Convention or these guidelines precludes
a Party from supplementing the requirements of the Convention with
technical standards, codes of practice and/or guidelines that might
take account of technological developments, advanced practice, norms
and standards, in order to further reduce risks to occupational health
and safety and to the environment and any other adverse effects related
to ship recycling, or from using such supplementary requirements during
the process of authorizing a Ship Recycling Facility.
The Ship Recycling Facility should submit a formal application,
ensuring that it is complete. The onus is on the Ship Recycling Facility
to assess the effects of its operations and to demonstrate how ship
recycling operations should be managed so as to meet the requirements
of the Convention and of relevant national and/or regional legislation.
The Competent Authority(ies) may ask for additional documentation
and/or return the application if it is not complete. The Ship Recycling
Facility may draw upon or attach other sources of information in its
application, and indeed is encouraged to make use of existing information
where appropriate.