1.3 Summary of requirements
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.586(14) – Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers – (Adopted on 20 November 1985)Amended by Resolution MEPC.24(22)See also Resolution MEPC.108(49) - Annex - Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers - 1 Introduction - 1.3 Summary of requirements

1.3 Summary of requirements

  1.3.1 The approval requirements for various parts of a monitoring system as specified in these Guidelines and Specifications are summarized below:

  • .1 the oil content meter should be tested for type approval in accordance with the procedures described in part 1 of the Annex;

  • .2 the oil content meter and the control section of a monitoring system should be subjected to the environmental tests specified in part 2 of the Annex;

  • .3 documentation for plan approval, as specified in section 8, should be submitted to the Administration prior to the installation of the monitoring system;

  • .4 the component parts of the system should undergo the workshop functional tests specified in section 7; and

  • .5 the complete monitoring system should be surveyed in accordance with the procedures laid down in section 10.


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