5.1 General
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5.1 General

  5.1.1 The Administration shall approve products in accordance with their established approval procedures by using the type approval procedure (see paragraph 5.2) or the case-by-case approval (see paragraph 5.3).

  5.1.2 The Administration may authorize competent authorities to issue approvals on their behalf.

  5.1.3 An applicant who seeks approval shall have the legal right to use the test reports on which the application is based (see paragraph 4.3.3).

  5.1.4 The Administration may require that the approved products are provided with special approval markings.

  5.1.5 The approval shall be valid when the product is installed on board a ship. If a product is approved when manufactured, but the approval expires before the product is installed on the ship, the product may be installed as approved material, provided that the criteria have not changed since the expiry date of the approval certificate.

  5.1.6 The application for approval shall be sought from the Administration or competent authority. The application shall contain at least the following:

  • .1 the name and address of the applicant and of the manufacturer;

  • .2 the name or trade name of the product;

  • .3 the specific qualities for which approval is sought;

  • .4 drawings or descriptions of the assembly and materials of the product as well as instructions, where applicable, for its installation and use;

  • .5 a report on the fire test(s); and

  • .6 for cases where an unsuccessful test had been conducted prior to the final approval test, a description of the modifications made to the test specimen that resulted in the successful test.

  5.1.7 Any significant alteration to a product shall make the relevant approval cease to be valid. To obtain a new approval, the product shall be retested.

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