4.1 Prior to any survey, a request for survey should be
submitted by the Company to the Administration, or to a recognized organization along with
the ship.s data required in the International Anti-fouling System Certificate as listed:
.1 Name of ship
.2 Distinctive number
or letters
.3 Port of registry
.4 Gross tonnage
.5
IMO number 4.2 A request for survey should be supplemented by a declaration and
supporting information from the anti-fouling system manufacturer, confirming that the
anti-fouling system applied, or intended to be applied to the ship is in compliance with the
requirements of the Convention (with an identification of the version of the Convention
referred to). Such declaration should provide the following information contained in the
Record of Anti-Fouling System, as can be found in Appendix 1 to Annex 4 of the Convention:
.1 Type of anti-fouling system
1.2 Name of anti-fouling system manufacturer
.3 Name and colour of anti-fouling system
.4 Active ingredient(s) and their Chemical Abstract
Service Registry Number (CAS number(s)) Information required by the surveyor regarding
compliance of product with the Convention should be found in a declaration from the
anti-fouling system manufacturer which may be provided on the anti-fouling system container
and/or on supportive documentation (such as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), or similar).
A link between the supportive documentation and the relevant container should exist.
1Examples of suitable wording could be: Organotin-free self
polishing type, Organotin-free ablative type, Organotin-free conventional, Biocide-free
silicon type paint, others. In the case of an anti-fouling system containing no active
ingredients, the words .biocide-free. should be used.