Unit 2: International Safety Management (ISM) Code 2002
2.3 PART B - CERTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION
2.3.4 Forms Of Certificates
The Document of Compliance, the Safety Management Certificate, the Interim Document of Compliance and the Interim Safety Management Certificate should be drawn up in a form corresponding to the models given in the Code. If the language used is neither English nor French, the text should include a translation into one of these languages.
In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13.3, the ship types indicated on the Document of Compliance and the Interim Document of Compliance may be endorsed to reflect any limitations in the operations of the ships described in the safety management system.
Although ISM code brings all the industry to a minimum standard for safety, leading shipping companies adopt further quality management standard as well as environmental standards.