Chapter 5.3
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Maritime Safety Committee - Resolution MSC.205(81) - Adoption of Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code - (Adopted on 18 May 2006) - Annex - Amendments to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code (Resolution MSC.122(75)) - Part 5 - Chapter 5.3

Chapter 5.3

  5.3.1.1.2 Add the following sentence at the end: "Placards shall be displayed on a background of contrasting colour, or shall have either a dotted or solid outer boundary line.".

  5.3.1.1.3 Amend the first sentence to read as follows:

 "Placards shall also be displayed for those subsidiary risks for which a subsidiary risk label is required according to 5.2.2.1.2."

  5.3.2.4 Amend the first sentence to read: "Cargo transport units containing dangerous goods in only limited quantities need not be placarded nor marked according to 5.3.2.0 and 5.3.2.1."

  5.3.2.5.2 Amend 5.3.2.5.2 to read:

  "5.3.2.5.2 A fumigated unit shall be marked with the warning sign, as specified in .3, affixed in a location where it will be easily seen by persons attempting to enter the interior of the unit. The marking, as required by this paragraph, shall remain on the unit until the following provisions are met:

  • .1 the fumigated unit has been ventilated to remove harmful concentrations of fumigant gas; and

  • .2 the fumigated goods or materials have been unloaded.".

  5.3.2.5.3 Add the following to the fumigation warning sign before the phrase "DO NOT ENTER":

 "VENTILATED ON [ date * ]"

Parent topic: Part 5
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