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IOPP

A3. Marine environmental legislation: MARPOL and its annexes

Definition

International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate under MARPOL Annex I.

The International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate attests that an oil tanker or ship of 400 GT and above complies with MARPOL Annex I, and is issued after survey for a period not exceeding five years under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification. Its Form A or Form B supplement records the ship’s oil-pollution-prevention equipment, including the oily-water separator, monitoring system, and tank arrangement.

Source: MARPOL Annex I, Reg.7