ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I 1. Annex I is amended as follows: (a) after the title, the following heading is inserted: ‘Section A’; (b) after that new heading, the following introductory sentence is inserted: ‘For the purposes of Section A, references to the SOLAS Convention regulations shall be construed as references to those regulations as they applied under SOLAS 90.’; (c) in point 1, the paragraph before points 1.1 to 1.6 is replaced by the following: ‘1. In addition to the requirements of Regulation II-1/B/8 of the SOLAS Convention relating to watertight subdivision and stability in damaged condition, the requirements of this section shall be complied with.’; (d) point 3.1 is replaced by the following: ‘3.1. For ships, which are to be operated only for a shorter period within the meaning of Article 9, the Port States included in the route shall agree on the applicable significant wave height.’; (e) the following section is added: ‘Section B The requirements of Chapter II-1, Part B of SOLAS 2020 shall be complied with. However, by way of derogation from Regulation II-1/B/6.2.3 of SOLAS 2020, the required subdivision index R shall be determined as follows: Persons on board (N) Subdivision Index (R) N < 1 000 R = 0,000088 * N +0,7488 1 000 ≤ N ≤ 1 350 R = 0,0369 * ln (N +89,048 ) +0,579 Where: N = total number of persons on board.’. 2. Annex II is amended as follows: The introductory paragraph in ‘Application’ is replaced by the following: ‘In line with the provisions of Article 6(3) of this Directive, these guidelines shall be used by the national administrations of Member States in the application of the specific stability requirements set out in Annex I, section A, in so far as this is practicable and compatible with the design of the ship in question. The paragraph numbers appearing below correspond to those in Annex I, section A.’.