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Schedule 4—Resolution LEG.2(82)

Note: See section 3.

RESOLUTION LEG.2(82)

adopted on 18 October 2000

AMENDMENTS OF THE LIMITS OF COMPENSATION IN THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1971

THE LEGAL COMMITTEE at its eighty‑second session:

 RECALLING Article 33(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "IMO Convention") concerning the functions of the Committee,

 MINDFUL of Article 36 of the IMO Convention concerning rules governing the procedures to be followed when exercising the functions conferred on it by or under any international convention or instrument,

 RECALLING FURTHER article 33 of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the "1992 Fund Protocol") concerning the procedures for amending the limits of the amounts of compensation set out in article 6(3) of the 1992 Fund Protocol,

 HAVING CONSIDERED amendments to the limits of the amounts of compensation proposed and circulated in accordance with the provisions of article 33(1) and (2) of the 1992 Fund Protocol,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 33(4) of the 1992 Fund Protocol, amendments to the limits of the amounts of compensation set out in article 6(3) of the 1992 Fund Protocol, as set out in the Annex to this resolution;

2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 33(7) of the 1992 Fund Protocol, that these amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 May 2002 unless, prior to that date, not less than one quarter of the States that were Contracting States on the date of the adoption of these amendments (being 18 October 2000) have communicated to the Organization that they do not accept these amendments;

3. FURTHER DETERMINES that, in accordance with article 33(8) of the 1992 Fund Protocol, these amendments, deemed to have been accepted in accordance with paragraph 2 above, shall enter into force on 1 November 2003;

4. REQUESTS the Secretary‑General, in accordance with articles 33(7) and 38(2)(vi) of the 1992 Fund Protocol, to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the amendments contained in the Annex thereto to all States which have signed or acceded to the 1992 Fund Protocol; and

5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary‑General to transmit copies of the present resolution and its Annex to the Members of the Organization which have not signed or acceded to the 1992 Fund Protocol.

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS OF THE LIMITS OF COMPENSATION IN THE PROTOCOL OF 1992 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1971

Article 6(3) of the 1992