Adding Note on Survey Status to EU flagged ships which are subject to EU Regulation on Ship Recycling Full-text PDF:TEC- 1185 (28kb) Contact:Ship Management Systems Department Issued:1 Jul 2019 As informed by ClassNK Technical Information No. TEC-0978 and 1170, EU flagged existing ships and Non-EU flagged ships calling at a port or anchorage of an EU member state shall have on board an approved IHM by 31 December 2020. For EU flagged ships, two hazardous materials (PFOS and HBCDD) are added to Hong Kong Convention and the checking of PFOS is additionally required to comply with the EU regulation for EU flagged existing ships while the checking of HBCDD is compulsory to EU flagged new ships only. For EU flagged existing ships having an SOC issued by ClassNK, an application is to be submitted with the SOC to a ClassNK local office in order to check PFOS in the first class periodical survey. Prior to this survey, we will examine the necessary