ISO 13073-1.2012规定了一种风险评估方法，可保护海洋环境免受在船舶使用寿命期间故意用于防污系统的杀生物活性物质的潜在负面影响。这种方法也可以在淡水环境中使用。 ISO 13073-1.2012未提供评估某些物质的危害、毒性或使用限制的具体试验方法。这也没有为使用特定物质的防污系统提供效能评估方法。 ISO 13073-1.2012未涵盖以下内容:在船舶维护和维修、新建或船舶回收期间，防污系统中的杀生物活性物质在使用和移除期间的风险评估；根据2004年《国际船舶压载水和沉积物控制和管理公约》，使用防污系统控制船舶压载水和沉积物中的有害水生生物和病原体； 用于捕鱼的渔具、浮标和浮标，以及用于渔业和水产养殖的设备（网/笼等）的防污系统；船舶防污系统试验片，用于防污产品的研发；以及在意外释放的情况下评估生物杀灭活性物质的风险，例如在海洋运输过程中溢出或从河流和/或沿海设施释放到海洋中。

ISO 13073-1.2012 specifies a risk assessment method that protects the marine environment from the potential negative impacts of biocidally active substances that are intentionally used in the anti-fouling system applied to a ship during its service life. This method can also be modified for use in freshwater environments. ISO 13073-1.2012 does not provide a specific test method for evaluating the hazard and toxicity or usage restrictions of certain substances. This also does not provide an efficacy-evaluation method for an anti-fouling system using a specific substance. The following are not covered by ISO 13073-1.2012: the risk assessment of biocidally active substances in anti-fouling systems during their application and removal during vessel maintenance and repair, new building or ship recycling; the use of anti-fouling systems intended to control harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens in ships' ballast water and sediments according to the International Convention for The Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; anti-fouling systems applied to fishing gear, buoys and floats used for the purpose of fishing, and to equipment used in fisheries and aquaculture (nets/cages etc); test patches of anti-fouling systems on ships for the purpose of research and development of anti-fouling products; and the assessment of risk of biocidally active substances in cases of accidental releases, such as spillage during ocean transport or releases into the sea from rivers and/or coastal facilities.