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Commission Directive 2010/36/EU of 1 June 2010 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance)
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9 Survival craft launching and recovering arrangements (R 16)
NEW AND EXISTING CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS:
.1Launching appliances complying with the requirements of section 6.1 of the LSA Code shall be provided for all survival craft and except:
.1
FOR EXISTING CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS:
a.
survival craft which are boarded from a position on deck which is less than 4,5 metres above the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition and which either:
have a mass of not more than 185 kg; or
are stowed for launching directly from the stowed position under all conditions of trim of up to 10° and list up to at least 15° either way; or
b.
survival craft which are carried in excess of the survival craft for 110 % of the total number of persons on board; or survival craft provided for use in conjunction with a marine evacuation system (MES) complying with the requirements of section 6.2 of the LSA Code and stowed for launching directly from the stowed position under all conditions of trim of up to 10° and list of up to 20° either way.
.2
FOR NEW CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS:
where, subject to survival craft and rescue boat embarkation arrangements being effective within the environmental conditions in which the ship is likely to operate and in all undamaged and prescribed damage conditions of trim and heel, the freeboard between the intended embarkation position and the waterline in the lightest seagoing condition is not more than 4,5 metres, the Administration of the flag State may accept a system where persons board life-rafts directly.
.2Each lifeboat shall be provided with an appliance which is capable of launching and recovering the lifeboat.
FOR NEW CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS CONSTRUCTED ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 2003:
In addition there shall be provision for hanging-off the lifeboat to free the release gear for maintenance.
.3Launching and recovering arrangements shall be such that the appliance operator on the ship is able to observe the survival craft at all times during launching and for lifeboats during recovery.
.4Only one type of release mechanism shall be used for similar survival craft carried on board the ship.
.5Falls, where used, shall be long enough for survival craft to reach the water with the ship in its lightest seagoing condition, under all conditions of trim of up to 10° and list of up to 20° either way for new ships, respectively up to at least 15° either way for existing ships.
.6Preparation and handling of survival craft at any one launching station shall not interfere with the prompt preparation and handling of any other survival craft or rescue boat at any other station.
.7Means shall be available to prevent any discharge of water on survival craft during abandonment.
.8During preparation and launching, the survival craft, its launching appliance, and the area of water into which it is to be launched shall be adequately illuminated by lighting supplied from the emergency source of electrical power required by Regulations II-1/D/3 and II-1/D/4.
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