LIFE RAFT REGULATIONS
ES-TRINArt 19.09, paragraph 6 (special provisions applicable to passenger vessels) - Life-saving equipment
6. Additional collective life-saving appliances are items of life-saving equipment which ensure the buoyancy of several persons in the water. These shall:
a) bear a notice indicating their purpose and the number of persons for whom they are approved;
b) provide a buoyancy of at least 100 N per person in fresh water;
c) be made of suitable materials and be resistant to oil, oil products and to temperatures of up to 50 °C;
d) assume and maintain a stable trim and, in this respect, be fitted with appropriate devices enabling them to be grabbed by the indicated number of persons;
e) be fluorescent orange in colour or have fluorescent surfaces, visible from all sides, of at least 100 cm²;
f) be such that they can be released from their stowed position and put overboard quickly and safely by one person, or can float free from their stowed position.