Annex – Guidance on the Supplement to the IAPP Certificate
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Annex – Guidance on the Supplement to the IAPP Certificate

 * Refer to the 2014 Guidelines on the approved method process (resolution MEPC.243(66)).

  NOTES TO GUIDANCE TABLE

  1 CAA: Complete as appropriate, (x) for the answer "yes" and "applicable" or a (–) for the answers "no" and "not applicable", as appropriate for section 3 on the Notes section of the Supplement.

  2 Rows 1-5: Completed only where one or more entries are to be made in rows 6-14. For rows 3-5 the terms are defined by the given cross references.

  3 Date of installation: As per unified interpretation on time of replacement of an engine in MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.2.

  4 Identical engine: As per unified interpretation on identical replacement engines in MEPC.1/Circ.795/Rev.2. This UI defines what represents an "identical" engine and hence, by application of the converse, what represents a "non-identical" engine.

  5 Note A: Under the original regulation 13 (regulation 13(2)(a)(i)) the definition of the replacement engine provided that for a ship constructed before 1 January 2000 it was possible, after 1 January 2000, to install an uncertified identical or non-identical replacement engine built before 1 January 2000 which was still in its pre-1 January 2000 condition (it had not been subject to a major conversion as given under sub-points (ii) or (iii) of that regulation) which was not identical. This provision altered with the 2008 revision, however, such an uncertified engine, even if "non-identical" as now defined, should, since it was compliant with the requirements of regulation 13 as it then existed, for the purposes of the revised Annex be considered in that context as "identical".

  6 Note B: Where an engine installed on a ship constructed before 1 January 2000 was, after 1 January 2000, subject to a major conversion (substantial modification or MCR increased more than 10%), that engine needed to have been certified to tier I. If that engine is now replaced under the terms of the revised annex then, for the replacement engine to be considered identical, it must be identical to the previous engine after the application of the major conversion.

  7 Rows 8-11: The relevant entry is to be made against the particular regulation subsection which results in the tier the engine has been certified to.

  8 Row 12: This row entry is completed on verification that an Approved Method has been installed, following the survey procedure as given in the Approved Method File.

  9 Row 13: Where an Approved Method is "not commercially available" it needs to be reassessed and the shipowner will need to reinvestigate that point, at each scheduled survey.

  10 Row 14: This reflects regulation 13.7.3 and resolution MEPC.243(66), that where an engine to which an Approved Method nominally applies has been altered away from its original condition, the basis on which the Approved Method (regulation 13.7.5) was assessed cannot be assumed to apply. In such cases, the Approved Method certifier would issue a letter officially indicating to all interested parties that a particular Approved Method was not applicable.


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