# Regulation (EU) No 530/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast), Article 1: Purpose

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

The purpose of this Regulation is to establish an accelerated phasing-in scheme for the application of the double-hull or equivalent design requirements of MARPOL 73/78, as defined in Article 3 of this Regulation, to single-hull oil tankers, and to ban the transport to or from ports of the Member States of heavy grade oil in single-hull oil tankers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/530/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-530/article-1
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