# Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Paragraph 2.5.3

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

Freeing ports must be sited as low as possible in the side bulwark or shell plating. The lower edge of the freeing port opening must be no higher than 2 cm above the bulkhead deck and the upper edge of the opening no higher than 0,6 m (see figure 8).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2003/25/annex/II/part/I/division/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2003-25/annex-II/part-I/division-12
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