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Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (repealed)
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Article 6a.Stability requirements and phasing-out of ro-ro passenger ships
Article 6b.Safety requirements for persons with reduced mobility
Article 7.Additional safety requirements, equivalents, exemptions and safeguard measures
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW AND EXISTING PASSENGER SHIPS ENGAGED ON DOMESTIC VOYAGES
CONSTRUCTION — SUBDIVISION AND STABILITY, MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
PART A GENERAL 1 Definitions relating to Part B (R 2) NEW...
PART B INTACT STABILITY, SUBDIVISION AND DAMAGE STABILITY 1 Intact stability Resolution...
INTACT STABILITY, SUBDIVISION AND DAMAGE STABILITY
7 Special requirements concerning ship subdivision (R 7)
8 Stability in damaged conditions (R 8)
8-1 Stability of ro-ro passenger ships in damaged conditions (R 8-1)
8-2 Special requirements for ro-ro passenger ships carrying 400 persons or more...
8-3 Special requirements for passenger ships, other than ro-ro passenger ships,...
9 Peak and machinery space bulkheads (R 10)
11 Assigning, marking and recording of subdivision load lines (R 13)
12 Construction and initial testing of watertight bulkheads, etc. (R 14)
14 Ships carrying goods vehicles and accompanying personnel (R 16)
15 Openings in the shell plating below the margin line (R...
16 Watertight integrity of passenger ships above the margin line (R...
20 Integrity of the hull and superstructure, damage prevention and control...
21 Marking, periodical operation and inspection of watertight doors, etc. (R...
PART C MACHINERY 1 General (R 26) NEW CLASS B, C AND...
7 Additional requirements for electric and electro-hydraulic steering gear (R 30)...
9 Communication between the navigating bridge and machinery space (R 37)...
PART D ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS 1 General (R 40) NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND...
FIRE PROTECTION, FIRE DETECTION AND FIRE EXTINCTION
PART A GENERAL 1 Basic principles (R 2) NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND...
NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B SHIPS:
.1.a FOR B, C AND D SHIPS, CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY...
.2a. FOR CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS, CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY...
.3 ‘A’ class divisions are those divisions formed by bulkheads and...
.4 ‘B’ class divisions are those divisions formed by bulkheads, decks,...
.19.1 Machinery spaces of category A are those spaces and trunks to...
.21.1 Central control station is a control station in which the...
.22 Rooms containing furniture and furnishings of restricted fire risk are,...
4 Fixed fire-extinguishing systems (R 5 + 8 + 9 + 10)
.2 Carbon dioxide systems (R 5.2)
.3 Fixed low-expansion foam fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces (R 8)...
.4 Fixed high-expansion foam fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces (R 9)...
.5 Fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces (R 10)...
5 Portable fire extinguishers (R 6)
6 Fire-extinguishing arrangements in machinery spaces (R 7)
7 Special arrangements in machinery spaces (R 11)
8 Automatic sprinkler, fire detection and fire alarm systems (R 12)...
10 Arrangements for oil fuel, lubricating oil and other flammable oils...
NEW CLASS B, C AND D AND EXISTING CLASS B...
.1 Where class ‘A’ divisions are penetrated for the passage of...
.2 Where class ‘B’ divisions are penetrated for the passage of...
.3 Pipes penetrating ‘A’ or ‘B’ class divisions shall be of...
.8 In spaces where penetration of oil products is possible, the...
.9 Paint lockers and flammable liquid lockers shall be protected by...
PART B FIRE SAFETY MEASURES 1 Structure (R 23) NEW CLASS B, C...
2 Main vertical zones and horizontal zones (R 24)
3 Bulkheads within a main vertical zone (R 25)
4 Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks in new ships carrying...
5 Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks in new ships carrying...
6-1 Escape routes on ro-ro passenger ships (R 28-1)
7 Penetrations and openings in ‘A’ and ‘B’ class divisions (R 30,...
8 Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces...
.1 Ships carrying more than 36 passengers
.2 Ships carrying not more than 36 passengers
.1 Ventilation ducts shall be of non-combustible material. Short ducts, however,...
.2a Where the ventilation ducts with a free-sectional area exceeding 0,02 m2...
.3 Ducts provided for the ventilation of machinery spaces, galleys, car...
.4 Ducts provided for ventilation to accommodation spaces, service spaces or...
.7 Where they pass through accommodation spaces or spaces containing combustible...
.3 ALL CLASS B,C AND D SHIPS, CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY...
11 Restricted use of combustible material (R 34)
CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS, CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 2003:...
CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS, CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 2003:...
13 Fixed fire detection and fire alarm systems and automatic sprinkler,...
14 Protection of special category spaces (R 37)
.1 Provisions applicable to special category spaces whether above or below...
.2 Additional provisions applicable only to special category spaces above the...
.3 Additional provisions applicable only to special category spaces below the...
15 Fire patrols, detection, alarms and public address systems (R 40)
16 Upgrading of existing class B ships carrying more than 36 passengers (R 41-1)...
17 Special requirements for ships carrying dangerous goods (R 41)
CHAPTER III LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES
3 Emergency alarm, operating instructions, training manual, assembly lists and emergency...
5 Survival craft assembly and embarkation arrangements (R 11 + 23 + 25)
9 Survival craft launching and recovering arrangements (R 16)
10 Rescue boat embarkation, launching and recovery arrangements (R 17)
12 Operational readiness, maintenance and inspections (R 20)
13 Abandon ship training and drills (R 19 + R 30)
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