Emergency Contact Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships Home Latest updates Publications Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships 10 Jan 2013 Sign up for alerts Regulations of the peoples Republic of China on the prevention and control of marine pollution from ship Outline This circular refers to the previous circular, November 23rd 2012, ‘Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships’. An updated set of FAQs is included in Annex I taking into account of the revised detailed rules although the further MSA notice anticipated in November circular has not yet been published. If a new MSA notice requires amendments of these attached FAQs, a new set of FAQs will be issued in a future circular. The IG spill response contract issued with November circular has been revised further and can found in Annex II. Regulations of the Peoples Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships. We refer Members in the circular on November 23rd on the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Marine Pollution from Ships (‘the Regulations’) and the requirement that owners/operators of (a) any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk or (b) any other ship above 10,000 gt enter into a pollution clean-up contract with a Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) approved ship pollution response company (SPRO) before the ship enters a PRC port. The previous circular informed Members that the China MSA issued revised Detailed Rules on 14 September on the Implementation of the Administration Regime of Agreement for Ship Pollution Response amending the Detailed Rules previously issued by the China MSA which came into effect on 1 January 2012. Members were informed that a further MSA Notice was expected shortly and that a revised se