Interim certification

Interim safety management certificate

INTERIM SAFETY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE

8 the ship holding a subsequent, consecutively issued Interim International Ship Security Certificate as described in section A/19.4, and, in the professional judgement of an officer duly authorised, one of the purposes of the ship or a Company in requesting such a Certificate is to avoid full compliance with chapter XI-2 and part A of this Code beyond the period of the initial Interim Certificate as described in section A/19.4.4.

An Interim Safety Management Certificate may be issued:

No Contracting Government shall cause a subsequent, consecutive Interim International Ship Security Certificate to be issued to a ship if, in the judgement of the Administration or the recognised security organisation, one of the purposes of the ship or a Company in requesting such certificate is to avoid full compliance with chapter XI-2 and this Part of the Code beyond the period of the initial Interim Certificate as specified in section 19.4.4.

Acceptance and recognition of an interim document of compliance and interim safety management certificate

NE not evaluated - existing certification to be used in the interim

Forms of the Document of Compliance, the Safety Management Certificate, the Interim Document of Compliance and the Interim Safety Management Certificate

An Interim Safety Management Certificate may be issued following verification that:

The interim safety management certificate shall be valid for not more than six months.

"Interim safety management certificate" means the certificate issued to ro-ro ferries in conformity with paragraph 1.3.

E still evaluating - under consideration - existing certification to be used in the interim

Before issuing an interim safety management certificate the administration shall verify that:

The document of compliance, the safety management certificate, the interim document of compliance and the interim safety management certificate shall be drawn up in the form set out below.

An interim safety management certificate may only be issued by an administration to a ro-ro ferry when:

All associated Safety Management Certificates and/or Interim Safety Management Certificates should also be withdrawn if the Document of Compliance is withdrawn.

The Document of Compliance, the Safety Management Certificate, the Interim Document of Compliance and the Interim Safety Management Certificate should be drawn up in a form corresponding to the models given in the appendix to this Code.

This approval shall be available on board and shall be presented together with the International Ship Security Certificate (or the Interim International Ship Security Certificate).

An Interim International Ship Security Certificate shall be valid for 6 months, or until the Certificate required by section 19.2 is issued, whichever comes first, and may not be extended.

When ro-ro ferries operate only in a Member State, Member Sates shall either use the forms attached to the ISM Code or the Document of Compliance, the Safety Management Certificate, the Interim Document of Compliance and the Interim Safety Management Certificate drawn up in the form set out below.

An Interim International Ship Security Certificate may be issued by the Administration or by a recognised security organisation authorised to act on its behalf.

An interim document of compliance and an interim safety management certificate issued by, or on behalf of, the administrations of third countries shall be recognised by a Member State if it is satisfied that they demonstrate compliance with the provisions of this Regulation.

An interim document of compliance and an interim safety management certificate complying with the provisions of this Regulation and issued by the administration of any other Member State or by a recognised organisation acting on its behalf shall be accepted by each Member State.

For the purposes of regulation XI-2/9, Contracting Governments may, prior to accepting an Interim International Ship Security Certificate as a valid Certificate, ensure that the requirements of sections 19.4.2.4 to 19.4.2.6 have been met.

until the Certificate referred to in section 19.2 is issued, the Administration may cause an Interim International Ship Security Certificate to be issued, in a form corresponding to the model given in the appendix to this Part of the Code.

The products shall be placed in free circulation on presentation of an EUR1 certificate issued by the exporting country in accordance with Protocol 4 annexed to the Interim Agreement.

An Interim International Ship Security Certificate shall only be issued when the Administration or recognised security organisation, on behalf of the Administration, has verified that:.

Such evidence or reliable information may arise from the duly authorised officer's professional judgement or observations gained while verifying the ship's International Ship Security Certificate or Interim International Ship Security Certificate issued in accordance with part A of this Code ('Certificate') or from other sources.

Whereas it is necessary to take account of developments a international level by introducing detailed rules concerning the issuance of interim documents and certificates and the form of the ISM documents and certificates, as well as some standards on ISM certification arrangements;

"AFS-Certificate" means the certificate issued to ships in conformity with the provisions of Annex 4 to the AFS-Convention or, during the interim period, a certificate issued in accordance with the format laid down in Annex II to this Regulation, when it is issued by the administration of any Member State or by a recognised organisation acting on its behalf;

The imported products shall be placed in free circulation on presentation of a movement certificate EUR 1 issued by the State of Israel in accordance with Protocol 3 annexed to the Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement.

Such control shall be limited to verifying that there is onboard a valid International Ship Security Certificate or a valid Interim International Ship Security Certificate issued under the provisions of part A of the ISPS Code (Certificate), which if valid shall be accepted, unless there are clear grounds for believing that the ship is not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter or part A of the ISPS Code.

The Commission, on behalf of the Community, and the Republic of Croatia have agreed in the Additional Protocols on wine to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement implementing rules for the abovementioned certificate.

Such an Interim Safety Management Certificate should be issued for a period not exceeding six months by the Administration or an organisation recognised by the Administration or, at the request of the Administration, by another Contracting Government.

Medico-sanitary inspection may also be carried out at places in the interior of the country, if it is clear from the certificates produced and from the transport techniques employed, that the goods cannot deteriorate or cause contamination during carriage.

An Administration or, at the request of the Administration, another Contracting Government may, in special cases, extend the validity of an Interim Safety Management Certificate for a further period which should not exceed six months from the date of expiry.

In case the company has been issued with an interim document of compliance but not yet with a document of compliance which is valid for the ro-ro ferry, its validity may be extended for a further period not exceeding six months from the date of the original expiry of the certificate.

In conformity with paragraph 2 of Protocol 7 to the Interim Agreement there shall be deducted from these additional amounts those products for which import certificates have been issued under the EC Council Regulation applying generalized tariff preferences between 1 January 1993 and 30 December 1993.

The certificates of statements of interim and final expenditure referred to in Article 32(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 shall be drawn up in the form prescribed in Annex II by a person or department within the paying authority that is functionally independent of any services that approve claims.

as regards Denmark, and in respect only of the Danish diplomas of medical practitioners required by law awarded by a Danish university faculty of medicine in accordance with the decree of the Ministry of the Interior of 14 May 1970, the issue of a certificate as specialist shall be conditional simply upon the possession of the abovementioned diplomas.

The certificates of statements of interim and final expenditure referred to in Article 12(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 and in the fourth indent of Article D(2)(d) of Annex II thereto shall be drawn up in the form prescribed in Annex II to this Regulation by a person or department within the paying authority that is functionally independent of any services that approve claims.

Paragraph 6 of Annex 1 (Agreement on reciprocal preferential trade concessions for certain wines) of the Additional Protocols on wine to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement, concluded on 18 December 2001, stipulates that the entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions is subject to presentation of a certificate issued by a mutually recognised official body appearing on a list drawn up jointly, to the effect that the wine in question complies with point 5(b).

The Commission, on behalf of the Community, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have agreed in the Additional Protocols on wine to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement implementing rules for the abovementioned certificate.

Paragraph6 of Annex 1 (Agreement on reciprocal preferential trade concessions for certain wines) of the Additional Protocols on wine to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement, concluded on 18 December 2001, stipulates that the entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions is subject to presentation of a certificate issued by a mutually recognised official body appearing on a list drawn up jointly, to the effect that the wine in question complies with point 5(b).