# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 of 16 February 2015 laying down the rules concerning the sampling and reporting under Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels, Article 5: Sampling methods for the verification of the sulphur content of the marine fuel being used on board

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. In accordance with Article 3, where the sulphur content of marine fuels being used on board is verified, the Secretary of State or persons appointed by the Secretary of State shall apply the following staged approach to sampling and compliance verification of sulphur standards:
(a) inspection of ships' log books and bunker delivery notes;
(b) as appropriate, one or both of the following means of sampling and analysis:
(i)analysis of the sealed bunker samples on board ships accompanying the bunker delivery note which have been taken in accordance with Regulation 18(8.1) and (8.2) of Annex VI to MARPOL;
(ii)on-board spot sampling of the marine fuels for on-board combustion in accordance with Article 6 followed by analysis.
2. At the end of the sulphur content verification and analysis, the sulphur inspector shall record the details of the fuel-specific inspection and findings in line with the requested type of information referred to in Article 7(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/253/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-253/article-5
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