INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON

CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION

DAMAGE, 1992

The States Parties to the present Convention,

CONSCIOUS of the dangers of pollution posed by the worldwide maritime carriage of oil in bulk,

CONVINCED of the need to ensure that adequate compensation is available to persons who

suffer damage caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships,

DESIRING to adopt uniform international rules and procedures for determining questions of

liability and providing adequate compensation in such cases,

HAVE AGREED as follows:

Article I

For the purposes of this Convention:

1. “Ship” means any sea-going vessel and seaborne craft of any type whatsoever constructed or

adapted for the carriage of oil in bulk as cargo, provided that a ship capable of carrying oil

and other cargoes shall be regarded as a ship only when it is actually carrying oil in bulk as

cargo and during any voyage following such carriage unless it is proved that it has no residues

of such carriage of oil in bulk aboard.

2. “Person” means any individual or partnership or any public or private body, whether

corporate or not, including a State or any of its constituent subdivisions.

3. “Owner” means the person or persons registered as the owner of the ship or, in the absence

of registration, the person or persons owning the ship. However in the case of a ship owned

by a State and operated by a company which in that State is registered as the ship’s operator,

“owner” shall mean such company.

4. “State of the ship’s registry” means in relation to registered ships the State of registration of

the ship, and in relation to unregistered ships the State whose flag the ship is flying.

5. “Oil” means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil

and lubricating oil, whether carried on board a ship as cargo or in the bunkers of such a ship.

6. “Pollution damage” means:

(a) loss or damage caused outside the ship by contamination resulting from the escape or

discharge of oil from the ship, wherever such escape or discharge may occur, provided

that compensation for impairment of the environment other than loss of profit from

such impairment shall be limited to costs of reasonable measures of reinstatement

actually undertaken or to be undertaken;

(b) the costs of preventive measures and further loss or damage caused by preventive

measures.

7. “Preventive measures” means any reasonable measures taken by any person after an incident

has occurred to prevent or minimize pollution damage.

8. “Incident” means any occurrence, or series of occurrences having the same origin, which

causes pollution damage or creates a grave and imminent threat of causing such damage.

9. “Organization” means the International Maritime Organization.

10. “1969 Liability Convention” means the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil

Pollution Damage, 1969. For States Parties to the Protocol of 1976 to that Convention, the

term shall be deemed to include the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by that Protocol.

Article II

This Convention shall apply exclusively:

(a) to pollution damage caused:

(i) in the territory, including the territorial sea, of a Contracting State, and

(ii) in the exclusive economic zone of a Contracting State, established in accordance

with international law, or, if a Contracting State has not established such a zone,

in an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of that State determined by

that State in accordance with international law and extending not more than

200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of its territorial sea

is measured;

(b) to preventive measures, wherever taken, to prevent or minimize such damage.

Article III

1. Except as provided in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the owner of a ship at the time of

an incident, or, where the incident consists of a series of occurrences, at the time of the first

such occurrence, shall be liable for any pollution damage caused by the ship as a result of the

incident.

2. No liability for pollution damage shall attach to the owner if he proves that the damage:

(a) resulted from an act of war, hostilities, civil war, insurrection or a natural phenomenon

of an exceptional, inevitable and irresistible character, or

(b) was wholly caused by an act or omission done with intent to cause damage by a third

party, or

(c) was wholly caused by the negligence or other wrongful act of any Government or other

authority responsible for the maintenance of lights or other navigational aids in the

exercise of that function.

3. If the owner proves that the pollution damage resulted wholly or partially either from an act

or omission done with intent to cause damage by the person who suffered the damage or from

the negligence of that person, the owner may be exonerated wholly or partially from his

liability to such person.

4. No claim for compensation for pollution damage may be made against the owner otherwise

than in accordance with this Convention. Subject to paragraph 5 of this Article, no claim for

compensation for pollution damage under this Convention or otherwise may be made against:

(a) the servants or agents of the owner or the members of the crew;

(b) the pilot or any other person who, without being a member of the crew, performs

services for the ship;

(c) any charterer (howsoever described, including a bareboat charterer), manager or

operator of the ship;

(d) any person performing salvage operations with the consent of the owner or on the

instructions of a competent public authority;

(e) any person taking preventive measures;

(f) all servants or agents of persons mentioned in subparagraphs (c), (d) and (e);

unless the damage resulted from their personal act or omission, committed with the intent to

cause such damage, or recklessly and with knowledge that such damage would probably

result.

5. Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice any right of recourse of the owner against third

parties.

Article IV

When an incident involving two or more ships occurs and pollution damage results therefrom, the

owners of all the ships concerned, unless exonerated under Article III, shall be jointly and severally

liable for all such damage which is not reasonably separable.

Article V

1. The owner of a ship shall be entitled to limit his liability under this Convention in respect of

any one incident to an aggregate amount calculated as follows:

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(a) 4,510,000 units of account for a ship not exceeding 5,000 units of tonnage;

(b) for a ship with a tonnage in excess thereof, for each additional unit of tonnage, 631 units

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of account in addition to the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);

provided, however, that this aggregate amount shall not in any event exceed 89,770,000 units

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of account .

2. The owner shall not be entitled to limit his liability under this Convention if it is proved that

the pollution damage resulted from his personal act or omission, committed with the intent

to cause such damage, or recklessly and with knowledge that such damage would probably

result.

3. For the purpose of availing himself of the benefit of limitation provided for in paragraph 1 of this

Article the owner shall constitute a fund for the total sum representing the limit of his liability

with the Court or other competent authority of any one of the Contracting States in which action

is brought under Article IX or, if no action is brought, with any Court or other competent

authority in any one of the Contracting States in which an action can be brought under Article

IX. The fund can be constituted either by depositing the sum or by producing a bank guarantee

or other guarantee, acceptable under the legislation of the Contracting State where the fund is

constituted, and considered to be adequate by the Court or other competent authority.

4. The fund shall be distributed among the claimants in proportion to the amounts of their

established claims.

5. If before the fund is distributed the owner or any of his servants or agents or any person

providing him insurance or other financial security has as a result of the incident in question,

paid compensation for pollution damage, such person shall, up to the amount he has paid,

acquire by subrogation the rights which the person so compensated would have enjoyed

under this Convention.

6. The right of subrogation provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article may also be exercised by

a person other than those mentioned therein in respect of any amount of compensation for

pollution damage which he may have paid but only to the extent that such subrogation is

permitted under the applicable national law.

7. Where the owner or any other person establishes that he may be compelled to pay at a later

date in whole or in part any such amount of compensation, with regard to which such person

would have enjoyed a right of subrogation under paragraphs 5 or 6 of this Article, had the

compensation been paid before the fund was distributed, the Court or other competent

authority of the State where the fund has been constituted may order that a sufficient sum

shall be provisionally set aside to enable such person at such later date to enforce his claim

against the fund.

8. Claims in respect of expenses reasonably incurred or sacrifices reasonably made by the owner

voluntarily to prevent or minimize pollution damage shall rank equally with other claims

against the fund.

9. (a) The “unit of account” referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is the Special Drawing

Right as defined by the International Monetary Fund. 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 Contracting State 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 Contracting State which is not a member of the International Monetary

Fund shall be calculated in a manner determined by that State.

(b) Nevertheless, a Contracting State 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.

(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 Contracting State as far as possible the same real value for the amounts

in paragraph 1 as would result from the application of the first three sentences of

paragraph 9(a). Contracting States shall communicate to the depositary 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.

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.

11. The insurer or other person providing financial security shall be entitled to constitute a fund

in accordance with this Article on the same conditions and having the same effect as if it were

constituted by the owner. Such a fund may be constituted even if, under the provisions of

paragraph 2, the owner is not entitled to limit his liability, but its constitution shall in that

case not prejudice the rights of any claimant against the owner.

Article VI

1. Where the owner, after an incident, has constituted a fund in accordance with Article V, and

is entitled to limit his liability,

(a) no person having a claim for pollution damage arising out of that incident shall be

entitled to exercise any right against any other assets of the owner in respect of such

claim;

(b) the Court or other competent authority of any Contracting State shall order the release

of any ship or other property belonging to the owner which has been arrested in respect

of a claim for pollution damage arising out of that incident, and shall similarly release

any bail or other security furnished to avoid such arrest.

2. The foregoing shall, however, only apply if the claimant has access to the Court administering

the fund and the fund is actually available in respect of his claim.

Article VII

1. The owner of a ship registered in a Contracting State and carrying more than 2,000 tons of

oil in bulk as cargo shall be required to maintain insurance or other financial security, such as

the guarantee of a bank or a certificate delivered by an international compensation fund, in

the sums fixed by applying the limits of liability prescribed in Article V, paragraph 1 to cover

his liability for pollution damage under this Convention.

2. A 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 Contracting State has determined that the requirements of paragraph 1 have been

complied with. With respect to a ship registered in a Contracting State such 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 Contracting State it may be issued or certified by the

appropriate authority of any Contracting State. This certificate shall be in the form of the

annexed model and shall contain the following particulars:

(a) name of ship and port of registration;

(b) name and principal place of business of owner;

(c) type of security;

(d) name and principal place of business of insurer or other person giving security and,

where appropriate, place of business where the insurance or security is established;

(e) period of validity of certificate which shall not be longer than the period of validity of

the insurance or other security.

3. The certificate shall be in the official language or languages of the issuing State. If the

language used is neither English nor French, the text shall include a translation into one of

these languages.

4. The certificate shall be carried on board the ship and a copy shall be deposited with the

authorities who keep the record of the ship’s registry or, if the ship is not registered in a

Contracting State, with the authorities of the State issuing or certifying the certificate.

5. An insurance or other financial security shall not satisfy the requirements of this Article if it

can cease, for reasons other than the expiry of the period of validity of the insurance or

security specified in the certificate under paragraph 2 of this Article, before three months have

elapsed from the date on which notice of its termination is given to the authorities referred

to in paragraph 4 of this Article, unless the certificate has been surrendered to these

authorities or a new certificate has been issued within the said period. The foregoing

provisions shall similarly apply to any modification which results in the insurance or security

no longer satisfying the requirements of this Article.

6. The State of registry shall, subject to the provisions of this Article, determine the conditions

of issue and validity of the certificate.

7. Certificates issued or certified under the authority of a Contracting State in accordance with

paragraph 2 shall be accepted by other Contracting States for the purposes of this Convention

and shall be regarded by other Contracting States as having the same force as certificates

issued or certified by them even if issued or certified in respect of a ship not registered in a

Contracting State. A Contracting State may at any time request consultation with the issuing

or certifying State should it believe that the insurer or guarantor named in the certificate is

not financially capable of meeting the obligations imposed by this Convention.

8. Any claim for compensation for pollution damage may be brought directly against the insurer

or other person providing financial security for the owner’s liability for pollution damage. In

such case the defendant may, even if the owner is not entitled to limit his liability according

to Article V, paragraph 2, avail himself of the limits of liability prescribed in Article V,

paragraph 1. He may further avail himself of the defences (other than the bankruptcy or

winding up of the owner) which the owner himself would have been entitled to invoke.

Furthermore, the defendant may avail himself of the defence that the pollution damage

resulted from the wilful misconduct of the owner himself, but the defendant shall not avail

himself of any other defence which he might have been entitled to invoke in proceedings

brought by the owner against him. The defendant shall in any event have the right to require

the owner to be joined in the proceedings.

9. Any sums provided by insurance or by other financial security maintained in accordance with

paragraph 1 of this Article shall be available exclusively for the satisfaction of claims under

this Convention.

10. A Contracting State shall not permit a ship under its flag to which this Article applies to trade

unless a certificate has been issued under paragraph 2 or 12 of this Article.

11. Subject to the provisions of this Article, each Contracting State shall ensure, under its national

legislation, that insurance or other security to the extent specified in paragraph 1 of this

Article is in force in respect of any ship, wherever registered, entering or leaving a port in its

territory, or arriving at or leaving an off-shore terminal in its territorial sea, if the ship actually

carries more than 2,000 tons of oil in bulk as cargo.

12. If insurance or other financial security is not maintained in respect of a ship owned by a

Contracting State, the provisions of this Article relating thereto shall not be applicable to such

ship, but the ship shall carry a certificate issued by the appropriate authorities of the State of

the ship’s registry stating that the ship is owned by that State and that the ship’s liability is

covered within the limits prescribed by Article V, paragraph 1. Such a certificate shall follow

as closely as practicable the model prescribed by paragraph 2 of this Article.

Article VIII

Rights of compensation under this Convention shall be extinguished unless an action is brought

thereunder within three years from the date when the damage occurred. However, in no case shall

an action be brought after six years from the date of the incident which caused the damage. Where

this incident consists of a series of occurrences, the six years’ period shall run from the date of the

first such occurrence.

Article IX

1. Where an incident has caused pollution damage in the territory, including the territorial sea

or an area referred to in Article II, of one or more Contracting States or preventive measures

have been taken to prevent or minimize pollution damage in such territory including the

territorial sea or area, actions for compensation may only be brought in the Courts of any

such Contracting State or States. Reasonable notice of any such action shall be given to the

defendant.

2. Each Contracting State shall ensure that its Courts possess the necessary jurisdiction to

entertain such actions for compensation.

3. After the fund has been constituted in accordance with Article V the Courts of the State in

which the fund is constituted shall be exclusively competent to determine all matters relating

to the apportionment and distribution of the fund.

Article X

1. Any judgment given by a Court with jurisdiction in accordance with Article IX which is

enforceable in the State of origin where it is no longer subject to ordinary forms of review,

shall be recognized in any Contracting State, except:

(a) where the judgment was obtained by fraud; or

(b) where the defendant was not given reasonable notice and a fair opportunity to present

his case.

2. A judgment recognized under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be enforceable in each

Contracting State as soon as the formalities required in that State have been complied with.

The formalities shall not permit the merits of the case to be re-opened.

Article XI

1. The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to warships or other ships owned or

operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial

service.

2. With respect to ships owned by a Contracting State and used for commercial purposes, each

State shall be subject to suit in the jurisdictions set forth in Article IX and shall waive all

defences based on its status as a sovereign State.

Article XII

This Convention shall supersede any International Conventions in force or open for signature,

ratification or accession at the date on which the Convention is opened for signature, but only to

the extent that such Conventions would be in conflict with it; however, nothing in this Article shall

affect the obligations of Contracting States to non-Contracting States arising under such

International Conventions.

Article XII bis

Transitional provisions

The following transitional provisions shall apply in the case of a State which at the time of an

incident is a Party both to this Convention and to the 1969 Liability Convention:

(a) where an incident has caused pollution damage within the scope of this Convention,

liability under this Convention shall be deemed to be discharged if, and to the extent

that, it also arises under the 1969 Liability Convention;

(b) where an incident has caused pollution damage within the scope of this Convention,

and the State is a Party both to this Convention and to the International Convention

on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution

Damage, 1971, liability remaining to be discharged after the application of sub-

paragraph (a) of this Article shall arise under this Convention only to the extent that

pollution damage remains uncompensated after application of the said 1971

Convention;

(c) in the application of Article III, paragraph 4, of this Convention the expression “this

Convention” shall be interpreted as referring to this Convention or the 1969 Liability

Convention, as appropriate;

(d) in the application of Article V, paragraph 3, of this Convention the total sum of the fund

to be constituted shall be reduced by the amount by which liability has been deemed to

be discharged in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this Article.

Article XII ter

Final clauses

The final clauses of this Convention shall be Articles 12 to 18 of the Protocol of 1992 to amend

the 1969 Liability Convention. References in this Convention to Contracting States shall be taken

to mean references to the Contracting States of that Protocol.

Final Clauses of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the 1969 Civil Liability Convention

Article 12

Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

1.

2.

This Protocol shall be open for signature at London from 15 January 1993 to 14 January 1994 by all

States.

Subject to paragraph 4, any State may become a Party to this Protocol by:

(a) signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval followed by ratification, acceptance or

approval; or

(b) accession.

3.

4.

Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of a formal instrument

to that effect with the Secretary-General of the Organization.

Any Contracting State to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund

for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, hereinafter referred to as the 1971 Fund

Convention, may ratify, accept, approve or accede to this Protocol only if it ratifies, accepts, approves

or accedes to the Protocol of 1992 to amend that Convention at the same time, unless it denounces

the 1971 Fund Convention to take effect on the date when this Protocol enters into force for that State.

5.

6.

A State which is a Party to this Protocol but not a Party to the 1969 Liability Convention shall be

bound by the provisions of the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol in relation to

other States Parties hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the 1969 Liability Convention

in relation to States Parties thereto.

Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited after the entry into force of

an amendment to the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol shall be deemed to apply

to the Convention so amended, as modified by such amendment.

Article 13

Entry into force

1.

2.

This Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the date on which ten States including

four States each with not less than one million units of gross tanker tonnage have deposited

instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General of the

Organization.

However, any Contracting State to the 1971 Fund Convention may, at the time of the deposit of its

instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in respect of this Protocol, declare that

such instrument shall be deemed not to be effective for the purposes of this Article until the end of the

six-month period in Article 31 of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the 1971 Fund Convention. A State

which is not a Contracting State to the 1971 Fund Convention but which deposits an instrument of

ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in respect of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the 1971

Fund Convention may also make a declaration in accordance with this paragraph at the same time.

3.

4.

Any State which has made a declaration in accordance with the preceding paragraph may withdraw it

at any time by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the Organization. Any

such withdrawal shall take effect on the date the notification is received, provided that such State shall

be deemed to have deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in respect

of this Protocol on that date.

For any State which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to it after the conditions in paragraph 1 for

entry into force have been met, this Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the date

of deposit by such State of the appropriate instrument.

Article 14

Revision and amendment

1.

2.

A Conference for the purpose of revising or amending the 1992 Liability Convention may be convened

by the Organization.

The Organization shall convene a Conference of Contracting States for the purpose of revising or

amending the 1992 Liability Convention at the request of not less than one third of the Contracting States.

Article 15

Amendments of limitation amounts

1.

Upon the request of at least one quarter of the Contracting States any proposal to amend the limits of

liability laid down in Article V, paragraph 1, of the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this

Protocol shall be circulated by the Secretary-General to all Members of the Organization and to all

Contracting States.

2.

3.

Any amendment proposed and circulated as above shall be submitted to the Legal Committee of the

Organization for consideration at a date at least six months after the date of its circulation.

All Contracting States to the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol, 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.

4.

5.

Amendments shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Contracting States present and voting

in the Legal Committee, expanded as provided for in paragraph 3, on condition that at least one half

of the Contracting States shall be present at the time of voting.

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 in Article V, paragraph 1, of the 1969 Liability

Convention as amended by this Protocol and those in Article 4, paragraph 4, of the International

Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution

Damage, 1992.

6.

(a) No amendment of the limits of liability under this Article may be considered before

15 January 1998 nor less than five years from the date of entry into force of a previous

amendment under this Article. No amendment under this Article shall be considered before this

Protocol has entered into force.

(b) No limit may be increased so as to exceed an amount which corresponds to the limit laid down

in the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol increased by 6 per cent per year

calculated on a compound basis from 15 January 1993.

(c) No limit may be increased so as to exceed an amount which corresponds to the limit laid down

in the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol multiplied by 3.

7.

Any amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 4 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 not less than one quarter of

the States that were Contracting States at the time of the adoption of the amendment by the Legal

Committee have communicated to the Organization that they do not accept the amendment in which

case the amendment is rejected and shall have no effect.

8.

9.

An amendment deemed to have been accepted in accordance with paragraph 7 shall enter into force

eighteen months after its acceptance.

All Contracting States shall be bound by the amendment, unless they denounce this Protocol in

accordance with Article 16, paragraphs 1 and 2, at least six months before the amendment enters into

force. Such denunciation shall take effect when the amendment enters into force.

10. When an amendment has been adopted by the Legal Committee but the eighteen-month period for

its acceptance has not yet expired, a State which becomes a Contracting State during that period shall

be bound by the amendment if it enters into force. A State which becomes a Contracting State after

that period shall be bound by an amendment which has been accepted in accordance with

paragraph 7. In the cases referred to in this paragraph, a State becomes bound by an amendment when

that amendment enters into force, or when this Protocol enters into force for that State, if later.

Article 16

Denunciation

1.

2.

3.

4.

This Protocol may be denounced by any Party at any time after the date on which it enters into force

for that Party.

Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument with the Secretary-General of the

Organization.

A 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 of the Organization.

As between the Parties to this Protocol, denunciation by any of them of the 1969 Liability Convention

in accordance with Article XVI thereof shall not be construed in any way as a denunciation of the 1969

Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol.

5.

Denunciation of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the 1971 Fund Convention by a State which remains

a Party to the 1971 Fund Convention shall be deemed to be a denunciation of this Protocol. Such

denunciation shall take effect on the date on which denunciation of the Protocol of 1992 to amend

the 1971 Fund Convention takes effect according to Article 34 of that Protocol.

Article 17

Depositary

1.

2.

This Protocol and any amendments accepted under Article 15 shall be deposited with the Secretary-

General of the Organization.

The Secretary-General of the Organization shall:

(a) inform all States which have signed or acceded to this Protocol of:

(i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument together with the date thereof;

(ii) each declaration and notification under Article 13 and each declaration and

communication under Article V, paragraph 9, of the 1992 Liability Convention;

(iii) the date of entry into force of this Protocol;

(iv) any proposal to amend limits of liability which has been made in accordance with

Article 15, paragraph 1;

(v) any amendment which has been adopted in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 4;

(vi) any amendment deemed to have been accepted under Article 15, paragraph 7, together

with the date on which that amendment shall enter into force in accordance with

paragraphs 8 and 9 of that Article;

(vii) the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of this Protocol together with the date of

the deposit and the date on which it takes effect;

(viii) any denunciation deemed to have been made under Article 16, paragraph 5;

(ix) any communication called for by any Article of this Protocol;

(b) transmit certified true copies of this Protocol to all Signatory States and to all States which accede

to this Protocol.

3.

As soon as this Protocol enters into force, the text shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General of the

Organization to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance

with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

Article 18

Languages

This Protocol is established in a single original in the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

languages, each text being equally authentic.

DONE AT LONDON this twenty-seventh day of November one thousand nine hundred and

ninety-two.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective

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Governments for that purpose, have signed this Protocol.

ANNEX

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE OR OTHER FINANCIAL

SECURITY IN RESPECT OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR

OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE

Issued in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the International Convention on Civil

Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992.

Name of ship

Distinctive

number or letters

Port of

registry

Name and address

of owner

This is to certify that there is in force in respect of the above-named ship a policy of insurance or

other financial security satisfying the requirements of Article VII of the International Convention

on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992.

Type of Security

Duration of Security

Name and Address of the Insurer(s) and/or Guarantor(s)

Name

Address

This certificate is valid until

Issued or certified by the Government of

(Full designation of the State)

At

On

(Place)

(Date)

Signature and Title of issuing or

certifying official

Explanatory Notes:

1

2

If desired, the designation of the State may include a reference to the competent public authority of the

country where the certificate is issued.

If the total amount of security has been furnished by more than one source, the amount of each of them should

be indicated.

3

4

If security is furnished in several forms, these should be enumerated.

The entry “Duration of Security” must stipulate the date on which such security takes effect.