The Cyprus government has issued Circular No. 41/2021, which specifies the required arrangement and number of EEBD in paragraph 8 as follows;

1. Both MSC/Circ.849 and MSC/Circ.1081 should be followed
2. Irrespective of number of EEBD in place, at least 1 additional EEBD should be available onboard solely for training purposes and be clearly marked accordingly. The EEBD should be clearly marked as "training".

Consequently, Circular No.7/2002 relevant to EEBD was revoked.

ClassNK surveyors will confirm at the first periodical survey for Safety Equipment on or after 1 January 2022 for each Cyprus flagged ship that the EEBD arrangement complies with the Circular and relevant drawings (e.g. Fire Control Plan, etc…) are revised accordingly.

The Circular can be found on the website of the Shipping Deputy Ministry of Cyprus at the following URL:
https://www.dms.gov.cy/dms/shipping.nsf/EF0CA82A2ADD9ADEC225879E0047B3F1/$file/Circular%202021-41%20(2021-12-01).pdf

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Material and Equipment Department, Administration Center Annex, Head Office
Address: 3-3 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2020
Fax: +81-3-5226-2057
E-mail: eqd@classnk.or.jp