Paragraph 96 Sampling planF1

Where emission factors are determined by analyses, the maritime operator must submit to the regulator for approval, for each fuel a sampling plan in the form of a written procedure, which contains information on methodologies for the preparation of samples, including information on responsibilities, locations, frequencies and quantities, and methodologies for the storage and transport of samples.

The maritime operator must ensure that the derived samples are representative for the relevant batch or delivery period and free of bias.

Relevant elements of the sampling plan must be agreed with the laboratory carrying out the analysis for the respective fuel, and evidence of that agreement must be included in the plan.

The maritime operator must make the plan available for the purposes of verification pursuant to Part 8.

The maritime operator must, in agreement with the laboratory carrying out the analysis for the respective fuel and subject to the approval of the regulator, adapt the elements of the sampling plan where analytical results indicate that the heterogeneity of the fuel significantly differs from the information on heterogeneity on which the original sampling plan for that specific fuel was based.