y Economic and Social Council cena Se GENERAL ECE/ENERGY/19 3 February 1992 Original: ENGLISH ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY MORKING PARTE OW COAL CODE OF UNIFORM STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF DRAUGHT SURVEYS OF COAL CARGOES etbeetenny GE.92-30190/42448ECE/ENERGY/19 page iii PREFACE Under the auspices of the ECE Working Party on Coal, this Code of Uniform Standards and Procedures for the Performance of Draught Surveys of Coal Cargoes has been elaborated by experts from major coal exporting and importing countries and was completed in October 1991. The Code was adopted by the ECE Working Party on Coal at its session in October 1991 (ENERGY/WP.1/2, para. 42) and endorsed by the ECE Committee on Energy at its session in November 1991 (ECE/ENERGY/18, para. 23 (e)). The maintenance and application of the Code will be monitored by the ECE Meeting of Experts on Coal Trade, Statistics and Transport, in cooperation with other interested international organizations. NOTE: Mention of any names of commercial firms in this document is only for reference to a process and does not imply endorsement by the United Nations.