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Annex I
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Chapter 1 - General
Annex I- Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil
1 Definitions
2 Application Chapter 3 - Requirements for machinery spaces of all ships
3 Exemptions and waivers
4 Exceptions Part A - Construction
5 Equivalents
Regulation 13 - Standard discharge connection
Chapter 2 - Surveys and To enable pipes of reception facilities to be connected with the ship's discharge
certification
pipeline for residues from machinery bilges and from sludge tanks, both lines
6 Surveys shall be fitted with a standard discharge connection in accordance with the
7 Issue or endorsement of following table:
certificate
8 Issue or endorsement of Standard dimensions of flanges for discharge connections
certificate by another Government
9 Form of certificate
Description Dimension
10 Duration and validity of Outside diameter 215 mm
certificate
11 Port State control on Inner diameter According to pipe outside diameter
operational requirements
Bolt circle diameter 183 mm
Chapter 3 - Requirements for Slots in flange 6 holes 22 mm in diameter equidistantly placed on a bolt
machinery spaces of all ships
Part A - Construction
circle of the above diameter, slotted to the flange periphery.
12 Tanks for oil residues (sludge) The slot width to be 22 mm
13 Standard discharge connection Flange thickness 20 mm
Part B - Equipment Bolts and nuts: 6, each of 20 mm in diameter and of suitable length
quantity, diameter
14 Oil filtering equipment
The flange is designed to accept pipes up to a maximum internal diameter of
Part C - Control of operational
discharge of oil
125 mm and shall be of steel or other equivalent material having a flat face.
15 Control of discharge of oil This flange, together with a gasket of oil-proof material, shall be suitable for a
16 Segregation of oil and water service pressure of 600 kPa.
ballast and carriage of oil in
forepeak tanks
17 Oil Record Book, Part I -
Machinery space operations

Chapter 4 - Requirements for the

cargo areas of oil tankers

Part A - Construction
18 Segregated ballast tanks
19 Double hull and double bottom
requirements for oil tankers
delivered on or after 6 July 1996
20 Double hull and double bottom
requirements for oil tankers
delivered before 6 July 1996
21 Prevention of oil pollution
from oil tankers carrying heavy
grade oil as cargo
22 Pump-room bottom protection
23 Accidental oil outflow
performance
24 Damage assumptions
25 Hypothetical outflow of oil
26 Limitations of size and
arrangement of cargo tanks
27 Intact stability
28 Subdivision and damage
stability
29 Slop tanks
30 Pumping, piping and discharge
arrangement

Part B - Equipment
31 Oil discharge monitoring and
control system
32 Oil/water interface detector
33 Crude oil washing
requirements

Part C - Control of operational

discharge of oil
34 Control of discharge of oil
35 Crude oil washing operations
36 Oil Record Book, Part II -
Cargo/ballast operations

Chapter 5 - Prevention of oil

pollution arising from an oil
pollution incident

37 Shipboard oil pollution

emergency plan

Chapter 6 - Reception facilities

38 Reception facilities

Chapter 7 - Special requirements

for fixed or floating platforms
39 Special requirements for fixed
or floating platforms

Appendices to Annex I

AI List of oils
AII Form of IOPP Certificate and
Supplements
AIII Form of Oil Record Book

Unified Interpretations of Annex I

Appendices to Unified
Interpretations of Annex I

A1 Guidance to Administrations
concerning draughts
recommended for segregated
ballast tankers below 150 m in
length

A2 Interim recommendation for a

unified interpretation of
regulations 18.12-18.15
''Protective location of segregated
ballast spaces

A3 Connection of small diameter

line to the manifold valve

A4 Specifications for the design,

installation and operation of a part
flow system for control of
overboard discharges

A5 Discharges from fixed or

floating platforms