# Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Division .1: Limitations in the use of oil as fuel

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

The following limitations shall apply to the use of oil as fuel:
.1 Except as otherwise permitted by this paragraph, no oil fuel with a flashpoint of less than 60 °C shall be used.
.2 In emergency generators, oil fuel with a flashpoint of not less than 43 °C may be used.
.3 Subject to such additional precautions as it may consider necessary and on condition that the ambient temperature of the space in which such oil fuel is stored or used shall not be allowed to rise to within 10 °C below the flashpoint of the oil fuel, the Administration of the flag State may permit the general use of oil fuel having a flashpoint of less than 60 °C but not less than 43 °C.
For ships constructed on or after 1 January 2003 oil fuel having a flashpoint of less than 60 °C but not less than 43 °C may be permitted subject to the following:
.3.1 fuel oil tanks except those arranged in double bottom compartments shall be located outside of machinery spaces of category A;
.3.2 provisions for the measurement of oil temperature are provided on the suction pipe of the fuel pump;
.3.3 stop valves and/or cocks are provided on the inlet side and outlet side of the oil fuel strainers and;
.3.4 pipe joints of welded construction or of circular cone type or spherical type union joint are applied as much as possible.
The flashpoint of oils shall be determined by an approved closed cup method.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/45/annex/I/chapter/3/part/A/division/10/division/1/division/.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-45/annex-I/chapter-3/part-A/division-10/division-1/division-.1
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