(2) A steam installation complying with Schedule III may be substituted for fire-smothering gas in any ship in which there are available boilers capable of generating 1 kg of steam per hour for each 0.75 m of the gross volume of the largest hold in the ship, or, in the case of a tanker, a foam installation, complying with Schedule III, may be substituted for fire-smothering gas except that foam shall not be used for dry cargo spaces.

From the date set out in Article 1, Member States shall ensure that metallic mercury that is no longer used in the chlor-alkali industry or is extracted from cinnabar ore, mercury recovered from the cleaning of natural gas and mercury recovered as a by-product from non-ferrous mining and smelting operations shall be transported and stored, and eventually disposed of within the Community, in a way that is safe for human health and the environment, in appropriate facilities that qualify for that purpose, accompanied by a safety assessment and the relevant permit, pursuant to this Regulation.

- pieces packed in vacuum or inert gas, of a net weight of at least 150 g and not more than 1 kg,

- pieces packed in vacuum or inert gas, with rind on at least one side, of a net weight of at least 150 g;

Medium-pressure pipes between the outlet of the first reducing device and the valves fitted before the final pressure reducer: (a) strength test, carried out with air, an inert gas or a liquid at a pressure 20 bar above atmospheric pressure;

1.2. Open the container, under an inert gas if so specified in the analytical method and withdraw the number of test portions required as quickly as possible.