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All codes assigned to: International Convention On Liability And Compensation For Damage In Connection With The Carriage Of Hazardous And Noxious Substances By Sea
Titl.1 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES BY SEA TITL TITL
Src.1 Source: Unofficial Text - http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/imo.carriage.by.sea.liability.compensation.damage.connected.to.hazardous.and.noxious.substances.convention.1996/doc SRC SRC
Art.2.1x The Annexes to this Convention shall constitute an integral part of this Convention. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.4 Article 4 SCOP RESV SCOP
Art.4.3.a (a) to pollution damage as defined in the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, as amended, whether or not compensation is payable in respect of it under that Convention; and RELA RELA
Art.4.3.b (b) to damage caused by a radioactive material of class 7 either in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, as amended, or in appendix B of the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes, as amended. RELA RELA
Art.4.5 5. A State Party may decide to apply this Convention to its warships or other vessels described in paragraph 4, in which case it shall notify the Secretary-General thereof specifying the terms and conditions of such application. RELA RELA
Art.4.6 6. With respect to ships owned by a State Party and used for commercial purposes, each State shall be subject to suit in the jurisdictions set forth in Article 38 and shall waive all defences based on its status as a sovereign State. SOVR SOVR
Art.5 Article 5 RESV DEPO FINPR RESV DEFN
Art.5.4 4. A declaration made under paragraph 1 or 2, and the withdrawal of the declaration made under paragraph 3, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General who shall, after the entry into force of this Convention, communicate it to the Director. RELA RELA
Art.6 Article 6 SUBS IMPL IMPL
Art.7 Article 7 FINPR SUBS
Art.7.2.d (d) the failure of the shipper or any other person to furnish information concerning the hazardous and noxious nature of the substances shipped either INFO
Art.7.6 6. Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice any existing right of recourse of the owner against any third party, including, but not limited to, the shipper or the receiver of the substance causing the damage, or the persons indicated in paragraph 5. SOVR
Art.8.3 3. Nothing in this Article shall prejudice any right of recourse of an owner against any other owner. SOVR
Art.9 Article 9 FINPR SUBS SUBS DEFN IMPL
Art.9.9.a 9. (a) The amounts mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be converted into national currency on the basis of the value of that currency by reference to the Special Drawing Right on the date of the constitution of the fund referred to in paragraph 3. The value of the national currency, in terms of the Special Drawing Right, of a State Party which is a member of the International Monetary Fund, shall be calculated in accordance with the method of valuation applied by the International Monetary Fund in effect on the date in question for its operations and transactions. The value of the national currency, in terms of the Special Drawing Right, of a State Party which is not a member of the International Monetary Fund, shall be calculated in a manner determined by that State. RELA RELA
Art.9.9.b (b) Nevertheless, a State Party which is not a member of the International Monetary Fund and whose law does not permit the application of the provisions of paragraph 9(a) may, at the time of ratification, acceptance, approval of or accession to this Convention or at any time thereafter, declare that the unit of account referred to in paragraph 9(a) shall be equal to 15 gold francs. The gold franc referred to in this paragraph corresponds to sixty-five-and-a-half milligrammes of gold of millesimal fineness nine hundred. The conversion of the gold franc into the national currency shall be made according to the law of the State concerned. RELA RELA
Art.9.9.c (c) The calculation mentioned in the last sentence of paragraph 9(a) and the conversion mentioned in paragraph 9(b) shall be made in such manner as to express in the national currency of the State Party as far as possible the same real value for the amounts in paragraph 1 as would result from the application of the first two sentences of paragraph 9(a). States Parties shall communicate to the Secretary-General the manner of calculation pursuant to paragraph 9(a), or the result of the conversion in paragraph 9(b) as the case may be, when depositing an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval of or accession to this Convention and whenever there is a change in either. INFO RELA INFO
Art.9.10 10. For the purpose of this Article the ship's tonnage shall be the gross tonnage calculated in accordance with the tonnage measurement regulations contained in Annex I of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969. RELA
Art.10 Article 10 FINPR IMPL
Art.11 Article 11 FINPR SUBS
Art.12 Article 12 FINPR SUBS IMPL DISP
Art.12.2 2. A compulsory insurance certificate attesting that insurance or other financial security is in force in accordance with the provisions of this Convention shall be issued to each ship after the appropriate authority of a State Party has determined that the requirements of paragraph 1 have been complied with. With respect to a ship registered in a State Party such compulsory insurance certificate shall be issued or certified by the appropriate authority of the State of the ship's registry; with respect to a ship not registered in a State Party it may be issued or certified by the appropriate authority of any State Party. This compulsory insurance certificate shall be in the form of the model set out in Annex I and shall contain the following particulars: ATTACH ATTACH
Art.13 Article 13 FINPR SBS FINPR HOBS HOBF SECS
Art.14 Article 14 FINPR SBF FINPR HOBF
Art.14.5.d (d) The amounts mentioned in this Article shall be converted into national currency on the basis of the value of that currency with reference to the Special Drawing Right on the date of the decision of the Assembly of the HNS Fund as to the first date of payment of compensation. RELA RELA
Art.15 Article 15 FINPR SBF FINPR HOBF
Art.16 Article 16 FINPR SBS DEFN DEFN FINPR
Art.17 Article 17 FINPR SBF FINPR HOBF SECF
Art.17.3 3. The Assembly shall decide the total amount of annual contributions to be levied to the general account and to each separate account. Following that decision the Director shall, in respect of each State Party, calculate for each person liable to pay contributions in accordance with article 18, article 19, paragraph 1 and article 21, paragraph 5, the amount of that person's annual contribution to each account, on the basis of a fixed sum for each unit of contributing cargo reported in respect of the person during the preceding calendar year or such other year as the Assembly may decide. For the general account, the above­mentioned fixed sum per unit of contributing cargo for each sector shall be calculated pursuant to the regulations contained in Annex II to this Convention. For each separate account, the fixed sum per unit of contributing cargo referred to above shall be calculated by dividing the total annual contribution to be levied to that account by the total quantity of cargo contributing to that account. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.18 Article 18 FINPR FINPR
Art.19 Article 19 FINPR SBF FINPR HOBF
Art.19.1.a.i (i) by any person who has received in that State in the preceding calendar year, or such other year as the Assembly may decide, total quantities exceeding 150,000 tonnes of contributing oil as defined in Article 1, paragraph 3 of the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, as amended, and who is or would be liable to pay contributions to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund in accordance with Article 10 of that Convention; and RELA RELA
Art.19.1.a.ii (ii) by any person who was the receiver in that State in the preceding calendar year, or such other year as the Assembly may decide, of total quantities exceeding 20,000 tonnes of other oils carried in bulk listed in appendix I of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, as amended; RELA RELA
Art.19.6 6. Any person who would be liable to pay contributions to a separate account the operation of which has been postponed in accordance with paragraph 3 or suspended in accordance with paragraph 4, shall pay into the general account the contributions due by that person in respect of that separate account. For the purpose of calculating future contributions, the postponed or suspended separate account shall form a new sector in the general account and shall be subject to the HNS points system defined in Annex II. ATTACH ATTACH
Art.21 Article 21 SUBS FINPR SBF IMPL IMPL SECF HOBF FINPR
Art.21.2 2. For the purposes set out in paragraph 1, each State Party shall communicate to the Director, at a time and in the manner to be prescribed in the internal regulations of the HNS Fund, the name and address of any person who in respect of the State is liable to pay contributions in accordance with Articles 18, 19 or paragraph 5 of this Article, as well as data on the relevant quantities of contributing cargo for which such a person is liable to contribute in respect of the preceding calendar year. INFO INFO
Art.21.4 4. Where a State Party does not fulfil its obligations to communicate to the Director the information referred to in paragraph 2 and this results in a financial loss for the HNS Fund, that State Party shall be liable to compensate the HNS Fund for such loss. The Assembly shall, on the recommendation of the Director, decide whether such compensation shall be payable by a State Party. INFO
Art.21.5 5. In respect of contributing cargo carried from one port or terminal of a State Party to another port or terminal located in the same State and discharged there, States Parties shall have the option of submitting to the HNS Fund a report with an annual aggregate quantity for each account covering all receipts of contributing cargo, including any quantities in respect of which contributions are payable pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 5. The State Party shall, at the time of reporting, either: INFO
Art.22 Article 22 IMPL SBF FINPR FINPR SECF HOBF
Art.23 Article 23 SUBS DEPO RESV
Art.23.2 2. Where a declaration under paragraph 1 is made prior to the entry into force of this Convention in accordance with Article 46, it shall be deposited with the Secretary-General who shall after the entry into force of this Convention communicate the declaration to the Director. INFO RELA RELA
Art.24 Article 24 HOBS SECS HOBS SECS
Art.25 Article 25 HOBS HOBS
Art.26 Article 26 HOBF FINAD SBS REVW HOBS HOBF FINPR FINAD SECS REVW DISP SBS
Art.26.1x.j (j) to determine which States not party to this Convention, which Associate Members of the Organization and which intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations shall be admitted to take part, without voting rights, in meetings of the Assembly and subsidiary bodies; RELA RELA
Art.27 Article 27 SBS SBF HOBS SECF
Art.28 Article 28 HOBS HOBS
Art.29 Article 29 SECS SBS SECS SECF
Art.30 Article 30 SBS SBF FINPR SECS SECF FINPR DISP
Art.30.2.f (f) prepare and submit to the Assembly the financial statements and budget estimates for each calendar year; INFO
Art.30.2.g (g) prepare, in consultation with the President of the Assembly, and publish a report on the activities of the HNS Fund during the previous calendar year; and INFO INFO
Art.30.2.h (h) prepare, collect and circulate the documents and information which may be required for the work of the Assembly and subsidiary bodies. INFO INFO
Art.31 Article 31 SBF SECF
Art.32 Article 32 FINAD SUBS FINPR
Art.33 Article 33 HOBS DEFN HOBS DEFN
Art.34 Article 34 HOBS SBS HOBS HOBF SECS EIF
Art.35 Article 35 FINPR SBS HOBF
Art.36 Article 36 FINPR SBS SUBS HOBF
Art.37 Article 37 FINPR IMPL
Art.38 Article 38 FINPR SUBS IMPL
Art.38.3 3. Reasonable notice of any action taken under paragraph 1 or 2 shall be given to the defendant. INFO
Art.38.4 4. Each State Party shall ensure that its courts have jurisdiction to entertain actions for compensation under this Convention. SOVR
Art.39 Article 39 SBS FINPR SUBS IMPL DISP HOBF
Art.39.7 7. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 5, where an action under this Convention for compensation for damage has been brought against an owner or the owner's guarantor before a competent court in a State Party, each party to the proceedings shall be entitled under the national law of that State to notify the HNS Fund of the proceedings. Where such notification has been made in accordance with the formalities required by the law of the court seized and in such time and in such a manner that the HNS Fund has in fact been in a position effectively to intervene as a party to the proceedings, any judgement rendered by the court in such proceedings shall, after it has become final and enforceable in the State where the judgement was given, become binding upon the HNS Fund in the sense that the facts and findings in that judgement may not be disputed by the HNS Fund even if the HNS Fund has not actually intervened in the proceedings. INFO
Art.41 Article 41 SBF FINPR HOBF SUBS
Art.41.2 2. Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice any rights of recourse or subrogation of the HNS Fund against any person, including persons referred to in Article 7, paragraph 2(d), other than those referred to in the previous paragraph, in so far as they can limit their liability. In any event the right of the HNS Fund to subrogation against such persons shall not be less favourable than that of an insurer of the person to whom compensation has been paid. SOVR
Art.42.1x This Convention shall supersede any convention in force or open for signature, ratification or accession at the date on which this Convention is opened for signature, but only to the extent that such convention would be in conflict with it; however, nothing in this Article shall affect the obligations of States Parties to States not party to this Convention arising under such convention. SOVR SOVR
Art.43 Article 43 SUBS
Art.43.1x When depositing an instrument referred to in Article 45, paragraph 3, and annually thereafter until this Convention enters into force for a State, that State shall submit to the Secretary-General data on the relevant quantities of contributing cargo received or, in the case of LNG, discharged in that State during the preceding calendar year in respect of the general account and each separate account INFO RELA INFO RELA
Art.44 Article 44 SECF HOBS HOBS
Art.44.1x The Secretary-General shall convene the first session of the Assembly. This session shall take place as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Convention and, in any case, not more than thirty days after such entry into force. RELA RELA
Art.45 Article 45 MEMB MEMB DEPO
Art.45.1 1. This Convention shall be open for signature at the Headquarters of the Organization from 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997 and shall thereafter remain open for accession. RELA RELA
Art.45.3 3. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary-General. RELA RELA
Art.46 Article 46 EIF EIF
Art.46.1.b (b) the Secretary-General has received information in accordance with Article 43 that those persons in such States who would be liable to contribute pursuant to Article 18, paragraphs 1(a) and (c) have received during the preceding calendar year a total quantity of at least 40 million tonnes of cargo contributing to the general account. RELA RELA
Art.47 Article 47 AMND HOBF SECF AMND HOBS
Art.47.1 1. A conference for the purpose of revising or amending this Convention may be convened by the Organization. RELA RELA
Art.47.2 2. The Secretary-General shall convene a conference of the States Parties to this Convention for revising or amending the Convention, at the request of six States Parties or one-third of the States Parties whichever is the higher figure. RELA RELA
Art.48 Article 48 AMND SECF SBF RESV EIF AMND EIF RESV
Art.48.2 2. Upon the request of at least one half, but in no case less than six, of the States Parties, any proposal to amend the limits specified in Article 9, paragraph 1, and Article 14, paragraph 5, shall be circulated by the Secretary-General to all Members of the Organization and to all Contracting States. RELA RELA
Art.48.3 3. Any amendment proposed and circulated as above shall be submitted to the Legal Committee of the Organization (the Legal Committee) for consideration at a date at least six months after the date of its circulation. RELA RELA
Art.48.4 4. All Contracting States, whether or not Members of the Organization, shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of the Legal Committee for the consideration and adoption of amendments. RELA RELA
Art.48.5 5. Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting States present and voting in the Legal Committee, expanded as provided in paragraph 4, on condition that at least one half of the Contracting States shall be present at the time of voting. RELA RELA
Art.48.6 6. When acting on a proposal to amend the limits, the Legal Committee shall take into account the experience of incidents and, in particular, the amount of damage resulting therefrom, changes in the monetary values and the effect of the proposed amendment on the cost of insurance. It shall also take into account the relationship between the limits established in Article 9, paragraph 1, and those in Article 14, paragraph 5. RELA RELA
Art.48.8 8. Any amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 5 shall be notified by the Organization to all Contracting States. The amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end of a period of eighteen months after the date of notification, unless within that period no less than one-fourth of the States which were Contracting States at the time of the adoption of the amendment have communicated to the Secretary-General that they do not accept the amendment, in which case the amendment is rejected and shall have no effect. RELA RELA
Art.49 Article 49 RESV RESV HOBF
Art.49.2 2. Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of denunciation with the Secretary-General. RELA RELA
Art.49.3 3. Denunciation shall take effect twelve months, or such longer period as may be specified in the instrument of denunciation, after its deposit with the Secretary-General. RELA RELA
Art.50 Article 50 HOBS SBF HOBF FINPR HOBS SECF HOBF RESV
Art.51 Article 51 EIF HOBF SUBS EIF HOBF SUBS
Art.51.1.b (b) twelve months after the date on which data concerning a previous calendar year were to be communicated to the Director in accordance with Article 21, if the data shows that the total quantity of contributing cargo to the general account in accordance with Article 18, paragraphs 1(a) and (c) received in the States Parties in that preceding calendar year was less than 30 million tonnes. INFO
Art.52 Article 52 FINPR HOBF HOBF FINPR
Art.52.3 3. For the purposes of this Article the HNS Fund shall remain a legal person.
Art.53 Article 53 DEPO DEPO
Art.53.1 1. This Convention and any amendment adopted under Article 48 shall be deposited with the Secretary-General. RELA RELA
Art.53.2 2. The Secretary-General shall: RELA RELA
Art.53.2.a (a) inform all States which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto, and all Members of the Organization, of: RELA RELA
Art.53.2.a.i (i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession together with the date thereof;
Art.53.2.a.ii (ii) the date of entry into force of this Convention;
Art.53.2.a.iii (iii) any proposal to amend the limits on the amounts of compensation which has been made in accordance with Article 48, paragraph 2;
Art.53.2.a.iv (iv) any amendment which has been adopted in accordance with Article 48, paragraph 5;
Art.53.2.a.v (v) any amendment deemed to have been accepted under Article 48, paragraph 8, together with the date on which that amendment shall enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 9 and 10 of that Article;
Art.53.2.a.vi (vi) the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of this Convention together with the date on which it is received and the date on which the denunciation takes effect; and
Art.53.2.a.vii (vii) any communication called for by any Article in this Convention; and
Art.53.2.b (b) transmit certified true copies of this Convention to all States which have signed this Convention or acceded thereto.
Art.53.3 3. As soon as this Convention enters into force, a certified true copy thereof shall be transmitted by the depositary to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. RELA RELA
Art.54 Article 54 TEXT TEXT
Art.54.1x This Convention is established in a single original in the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, each text being equally authentic.
Conc.1 DONE at London this third day of May one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six. CONC CONC
Conc.2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective Governments for that purpose, have signed this Convention.