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  "long_title": "These Regulations require chemical tankers built on or after 1st July 1986 and carrying polluting or dangerous liquid substances in bulk, and ships undergoing major conversion on or after that date to being chemical tankers carrying such substances, to comply with the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk which was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (“the MEPC”) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 5th December 1985. The Code so adopted is an amended version of the Code of that name adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO on 17th June 1983 (the MSC version). The MSC version covered dangerous substances only.",
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