Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2008-84 (Year: 2008, Number: 84)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 204

2. Nevertheless, those States which are not members of the International Monetary Fund and whose law does not permit the application of the provisions of paragraph 1 may, at the time of signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval or at the time of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any time thereafter, declare that the limits of liability provided for in this Convention to be applied in their territories shall be fixed as follows: (a) in respect of Article 6, paragraph 1(a), at an amount of (i) 30 million monetary units for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons; (ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i): for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 12,000 monetary units; for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 9,000 monetary units; and for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 6,000 monetary units; and (b) in respect of Article 6, paragraph 1(b), at an amount of: (i) 15 million monetary units for a ship with a tonnage not exceeding 2,000 tons; (ii) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, the following amount in addition to that mentioned in (i): for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 6,000 monetary units; for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 4,500 monetary units; and for each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 3,000 monetary units; and (c) in respect of Article 7, paragraph 1, at an amount of 2,625,000 monetary units multiplied by the number of passengers which the ship is authorized to carry according to its certificate. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 6 apply correspondingly to subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph. Article 6 The following text is added as paragraph 3bis in Article 15 of the Convention: 3bis Notwithstanding the limit of liability prescribed in paragraph 1 of Article 7, a State Party may regulate by specific provisions of national law the system of liability to be applied to claims for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a ship, provided that the limit of liability is not lower than that prescribed in paragraph 1 of Article 7. A State Party which makes use of the option provided for in this paragraph shall inform the Secretary-General of the limits of liability adopted or of the fact that there are none. Article 7 Article 18, paragraph 1 of the Convention is replaced by the following text:

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