Section 1 General

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101. General

1. Application

(1) The requirements in this Chapter are to apply to the procedure for application, tests, method of production unit inspections and certificates, etc. of containers when type approval test and pro- duction unit inspection of containers are required to be carried out by the Society in accordance with the provisions of relevant rules of type approval for containers of CSC Convention.

(2) Where deemed necessary by the Society or specially required by the Owner, the Society may carry out other tests and production unit inspection not provided in this Chapter.

2. Extent of application

The requirements in this Chapter applies to the following containers, in general:

(1) Of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use.

(2) Specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or more modes of transport, with- out intermediate reloading.

(3) Designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having corner fittings for these purpose.

(4) Of such a size as the area enclosed by the four other bottom corners either at least 14 m 2 (150

ft2) or at least 7 m 2 (75 ft2) if it is fitted with top corner fittings.

3. Equivalency

The relevant portions of this Chapter apply also to containers of special types not fully covered in this Chapter in association with additional requirements as may be considered appropriate in an in- dividual case.

102. Containers for transport of dangerous goods

For specially designed containers for transport of dangerous goods or bulk liquid, the Society may comply with the relevant Government Regulations and International Standards related to the special condition on structure and safety of such containers.

103. Type approval under the provisions of International Convention, etc.

1. The Society will carry out tests, inspection and approval of containers in accordance with the pro- visions of CSC Convention under the authority granted by the contracting governments and with the domestic law and regulation.

2. The Society will carry out tests and approval of containers in accordance with the provisions of

UIC Code 590, and 592-3 under the authority granted by Korean National Railway (KNR).

3. The tests, inspection and approval of containers according to above Pars 1 and 2 are to be in ac- cordance with the requirements in this Chapter and at the discretion of the Society.

104. Fees

Fees to be charged for the tests, inspection and production unit inspection of containers carried out by the Society are to be in accordance with fee regulations of the Society and fee regulation for statutory survey.

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