SINGAPORE Law and Practice Contributed by: Mathiew Christophe Rajoo, Probin Dass and Tan Hui Tsing, DennisMathiew
taken by the contract: RDC Concrete Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo (S) Pte Ltd [2007] 4 SLR(R) 413. 8.2 Enforcement of the IMO 2020 Rule Relating to Limitation on the Sulphur Content of Fuel Oil As Singapore is party to MARPOL, the MPA has enforced the IMO 2020 regulations. Limit on Sulphur Content of Fuel Oil The MPA has amended its Pre-Arrival Notifica - tion (PAN) to reflect the requirements for report - ing on the use of compliant fuel in accordance with the IMO 2020 Fuel Oil Sulphur Limit post 1 January 2020. The MARPOL Annex VI Regu - lation stipulates that after this date the sulphur content of any fuel oil used on board ships shall not exceed 0.50% mass by mass (m/m). The revised PAN will require ships calling at the port of Singapore to declare their method of compliance – ie, whether the ship will be using compliant fuel (sulphur content not exceeding 0.50% m/m) or an exhaust gas cleaning system (scrubber). Ships using non-compliant fuel (sul - phur content exceeding 0.50% m/m) are also required to declare this and provide reasons for using non-compliant fuel. Enforcement Actions The MPA will inspect Singapore-registered ships as well as foreign-registered ships in the port of Singapore. Compliance with the IMO 2020 requirements will be part of the MPA’s flag state control and port state control inspections to ensure ships are compliant with the relevant
regulations are enacted by the Minister of Home Affairs pursuant to the United Nations Act 2001. Singapore currently implements trade sanctions against: • the Central African Republic; • the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; • the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
• Iran; • Iraq; • Lebanon; • Libya; • Somalia; • South Sudan; • Sudan; and • Syria.
Specific measures have also been imposed on Russia under the Strategic Goods (Control) Order 2021 to constrain Russia’s capacity to conduct its war in Ukraine and cyber agression. All items under the Military Goods List are pro - hibited for export to Russia, as well as certain items in Category 3 (Electronics), Category 4 (Computers) and Category 5 (Telecommunica - tions and Information Security). There are also financial measures targeted at designated Rus - sian banks, entities and activities in Russia and fund-raising activities benefiting the Russian government. The primary authority responsible for enforc - ing Singapore’s trade sanctions is Singapore Customs, which has wide investigation powers under the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995 (RIEA), including the power to: • compel an importer/exporter or their agent to produce trade documents on demand; • search vessels, aircraft and vehicles; • examine any package, box, chest or other article in Singapore where a reasonable sus -
statutory regulations. 8.3 Trade Sanctions
Singapore has enacted domestic regulations that implement trade sanctions imposed by UN Security Council resolutions. These domestic
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