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修正1971年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金国际公约的1984年议定书(附英文) (4)          【字体:
修正1971年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金国际公约的1984年议定书(附英文) (4)
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  Article 27
   1. The 1971 Fund Convention and this Protocol shall, as between the
 Parties to this Protocol, be read and interpreted together as one single
 instrument.
   2. Articles 1 to 36 quater of the 1971 Fund Convention as amended by
 this Protocol shall be known as the International Convention on the
 Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution
 Damage, 1984 (1984 Fund Convention). 
  FINAL CLAUSES 
 Article 28
   Signature, ratification, etc.
   1. This Protocol shall be open for signature at London from 1 December
 1984 to 30 November 1985 by any State which has signed the 1984 Liability
 Convention.
   2. Subject to paragraph 4, this Protocol shall be ratified, accepted
 or approved by States which have signed it.
   3. Subject to paragraph 4, this Protocol is open for accession by
 States which did not sign it.
   4. This Protocol may be ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to,
 only by States which have ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the
 1984 Liability Convention.
   5. 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.
   6. A State which is a Party to this Protocol but is not a Party to the
 1971 Fund Convention shall be bound by the provisions of the 1971 Fund
 Convention as amended by this Protocol in relation to other Parties
 hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the 1971 Fund
 Convention in relation to Parties thereto.
   7. Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
 deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to the 1971 Fund
 Convention as amended by this Protocol shall be deemed to apply to the
 Convention so amended, as modified by such amendment.
 Article 29
   Information on contributing oil
   1. Before this Protocol comes into force for a State, that State
 shall, when depositing an instrument referred to in Article 28, paragraph
 5, and annually thereafter at a date to be determined by the
 Secretary-General of the Organization, communicate to him the name and
 address of any person who in respect of that State would be liable to
 contribute to the Fund pursuant to Article 10 of the 1971 Fund Convention
 as amended by this Protocol as well as data on the relevant quantities of
 contributing oil received by any such person in the territory of that
 State during the preceding calendar year.
   2. During the transitional period, the Director shall, for Parties,
 communicate annually to the Secretary-General of the Orqanization data on
 quantities of contributing oil received by persons liable to contribute to
 Fund pursuant to Article 10 of the 1971 Fund Convention as am

ended by this
 Protocol. 
 
 Article 30
   Entry into force
   1. This Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the
 date on which the following requirements are fulfilled:
     (a) at least eight States have deposited instruments of
 ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General
 of the Organization; and
     (b) the Secretary-General of the Organization has received
 information in accordance with Article 29 that those persons who would be
 liable to contribute pursuant to Article 10 of the 1971 Fund Convention as
 amended by this Protocol have received during the preceding calendar year
 a total quantity of at least 600 million tons of contributing oil.
   2. However, this Protocol shall not enter into force before the 1984
 Liability Convention has entered into force.
   3. For each State which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this
 Protocol after the conditions in paragraph 1 for entry into force have
 been met, the Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the
 date of the deposit by such State of the appropriate instrument.
   4. Any State 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 not take effect for the
 purpose of this Article until the end of the six-month period in Article
 31.
   5. 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,
 and any State making such a withdrawal shall be deemed to have deposited
 its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in
 respect of this Protocol on that date.
   6. Any State which has made a declaration under Article 13, paragraph
 2, of the Protocol of 1984 to the 1969 Liability Convention shall be
 deemed to have also made a declaration under paragraph 4 of this Article.
 Withdrawal of declaration under the said Article 13, paragraph 2, shall be
 deemed to constitute withdrawal also under paragraph 5 of this Article. 
 
 Article 31
   Denunciation of 1969 and 1971 Conventions
   Subject to Article 30, within six months following the date on which
 the following requirements are fulfilled:
     (a) at least eight States have become Parties to this Protocol or
 have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
 accession with the Secretary-General of the Organization, whether or not
 subject to Article 30, paragraph 4; and
     (b) the Secretary-General of the Organization has received
 information in accordance with A

rticle 29 that those persons who are or
 would be liable to contribute pursuant to Article 10 of the 1971 Fund
 Convention as amended by this Protocol have received during the preceding
 calendar year a total quantity of at least 750 million tons of
 contributing oil;
   Each Party to this Protocol and each State which has deposited an
 instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, whether or
 not subject to Article 30, paragraph 4, shall, if party thereto, denounce
 the 1971 Fund Convention and the 1969 Liability Convention with effect
 twelve months after the expiry of the above-mentioned six-month period.
 Article 32
   Revision and amendment
   1. A conference for the purpose of revising or amending the 1984 Fund
 Convention may be convened by the Organization.
   2. The Organization shall convene a Conference of Contracting States
 for the purpose of revising or amending the 1984 Fund Convention at the
 request of not less than one-third of all Contracting States. 
 
 Article 33
   Amendment of compensation limits
   1. Upon the request of at least one-quarter of the Contracting States
 any proposal to amend the limits of amounts of compensation laid down in
 Article 4, paragraph 4, of the 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. 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.
   3. All Contracting States to the Convention as amended by this
 Protocol, whether or not Member of the Organization, shall be entitled to
 participate in the proceedings of the Legal Committee for the
 consideration and adoption of amendments.
   4. 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.
   5. When acting on a proposal to amend the limits, the Committee shall
 take into account the experience of incidents and in particular the amount
 of damage resulting therefrom and changes in the monetary values. It shall
 also take into account the relationship between the limits in Article 4,
 paragraph 4, of the Convention as amended by this Protocol and those in
 Article V, paragraph 1 of the International Convention on Civil Liability
 for Oil Pollution Damage, 1984.
   6. (a) No amendment of the limits under this Article may be considered
 less than five years from the date on which this Protocol was opened for
 signature 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 Convention as amended by this
 Protocol increased by six per cent per year calculate on a compound basis
 from the date on which this Protocol was opened for signature.
     (c) No limit may be increased so as to exceed an amount which
 corresponds to the limit laid down in the Convention as amended by this
 Protocol multiplied by three. 
 
   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 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. An amendment deemed to have been accepted in accordance with
 paragraph 7 shall enter into force eighteen months after its acceptance.
   9. All Contracting States shall be bound by the amendment, unless they
 denounce this Protocol in accordance with Article 34, 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 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 34
   Denunciation
   1. This Protocol may be denounced by any Party at any time after the
 date on which it enters into force for that Party.
   2. Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument with
 the Secretary-General of the Organization.
   3. 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.
   4. Denunciation of the 1984 Liability Convention shall be deemed to be
 a denunciation of this Protocol. Such denuncia

tion shall take effect on
 the date on which denunciation of the Protocol of 1984 to the 1969
 Liability Convention takes effect according to Article 16 of that
 Protocol. 
 
   5. Any Contracting State to this Protocol which has not denounced the
 1971 Fund Convention and the 1969 Liability Convention as required by
 Article 31 shall be deemed to have denounced this Protocol with effect
 twelve months after the expiry of the six month period in that Article. As
 from the date on which the denunciations provided for in Article 31 take
 effect, any Party to this Protocol which deposits an instrument of
 ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the 1969 Liability
 Convention shall be deemed to have denounced this Protocol with effect
 from the date on which such instrument takes effect.
   6. As between the Parties to this Protocol, denunciation by any of
 them of the 1971 Fund Convention in accordance with Article 41 thereof
 shall not be construed in any way as a denunciation of the 1971 Fund
 Convention as amended by this Protocol.
   7. Notwithstanding a denunciation of this Protocol by a Party pursuant
 to this Article, any provisions of this Protocol relating to the
 obligations to make contributions under Article 10 of the 1971 Fund
 Convention as amended by this Protocol with respect to an incident
 referred to in Article 12, paragraph 2(b), of that amended Convention and
 occurring before the denunciation takes effect shall continue to apply.
 Article 35
   Extraordinary sessions of the Assembly
   1. Any Contracting State may, within ninety days after the deposit of
 an instrument of denunciation the result of which it considers will
 significantly increase the level of contributions for the remaining
 Contracting States, request the Director to convene an extraordinary
 session of the Assembly. The Director shall convene an extraordinary
 session of the Assembly. The Director shall convene the Assembly to meet
 not later than sixty days after receipt of the request.
   2. The Director may convene, on his own initiative, an extraordinary
 session of the Assembly to meet within sixty days after the deposit of any
 instrument of denunciation, if he considers that such denunciation will
 result in a significant increase in the level of contributions of the
 remaining Contracting States.
   3. If the Assembly at an extraordinary session convened in accordance
 with paragraph 1 or 2 decides that the denunciation will result in a
 significant increase in the level of contributions for the remaining
 Contracting States, any such State may, not later than one hundred and
 twenty days before the date on which the denunciation takes effect,
 denounce this Protocol with effect from the same date. 
 
 Article 36
  

 Cessation
   1. Any Protocol shall cease to be in force on the date when the number
 of Contracting States falls below three.
   2. States which are bound by this Protocol on the day before the date
 it ceases to be in force shall enable the Fund to exercise its functions
 as described under Article 37 of this Protocol and shall, for that purpose
 only, remain bound by this Protocol.
 Article 37
   Winding up of the Fund
   1. If this Protocol ceases to be in force, the Fund shall
 nevertheless:
     (a) meet its obligations in respect of any incident occurring
 before the Protocol ceased to be in force;
     (b) be entitled to exercise its rights to contributions to the
 extent that these contributions are necessary to meet the obligations
 under subparagraph (a), including expenses for the administration of the
 Fund necessary for this purpose.
   2. The Assembly shall take all appropriate measures to complete the
 winding up of the Fund including the distribution in an equitable manner
 of any remaining assets among those persons who have contributed to the
 Fund.
   3. For the purposes of this Article the Fund shall remain a legal
 person. 
 
 Article 38
   Depositary
   1. This Protocol and any amendments accepted under Article 33 shall be
 deposited with the Secretary-General of the Organization.
   2. 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 30
 including declarations and withdrawals deemed to have been made in
 accordance with that Article;
       (iii) the date of entry into force of this Protocol;
       (iv) the date by which denunciations provided for in Article
 31 are required to be made;
       (v) any proposal to amend limits of amounts of compensation
 which has been made in accordance with Article 33, paragraph 1;
       (vi) any amendment which has been adopted in accordance with
 Article 33, paragraph 4;
       (vii) any amendment deemed to have been accepted under Article
 33, paragraph 7, together with the date on which that amendment shall
 enter into force in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of that Article;
       (viii) the deposit of an instrument of denunciation of this
 Protocol together with the date of deposit and the date on which it takes
 effect;
       (ix) any denunciation deemed to have been made under Article
 34, paragraph 5;
       (x) any communication called for by any Article in this
 Protocol;
     (b) transmit certified true copies of this Protocol to all
 Signatory States and to all States which acced

e to the 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 39
   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-fifty day of May one thousand nine hundred
 and eighty-four.
   IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized for that
 purpose have signed this Protocol. 

ended by this
 Protocol. 
 
 Article 30
   Entry into force
   1. This Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the
 date on which the following requirements are fulfilled:
     (a) at least eight States have deposited instruments of
 ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Secretary-General
 of the Organization; and
     (b) the Secretary-General of the Organization has received
 information in accordance with Article 29 that those persons who would be
 liable to contribute pursuant to Article 10 of the 1971 Fund Convention as
 amended by this Protocol have received during the preceding calendar year
 a total quantity of at least 600 million tons of contributing oil.
   2. However, this Protocol shall not enter into force before the 1984
 Liability Convention has entered into force.
   3. For each State which ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to this
 Protocol after the conditions in paragraph 1 for entry into force have
 been met, the Protocol shall enter into force twelve months following the
 date of the deposit by such State of the appropriate instrument.
   4. Any State 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 not take effect for the
 purpose of this Article until the end of the six-month period in Article
 31.
   5. 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,
 and any State making such a withdrawal shall be deemed to have deposited
 its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in
 respect of this Protocol on that date.
   6. Any State which has made a declaration under Article 13, paragraph
 2, of the Protocol of 1984 to the 1969 Liability Convention shall be
 deemed to have also made a declaration under paragraph 4 of this Article.
 Withdrawal of declaration under the said Article 13, paragraph 2, shall be
 deemed to constitute withdrawal also under paragraph 5 of this Article. 
 
 Article 31
   Denunciation of 1969 and 1971 Conventions
   Subject to Article 30, within six months following the date on which
 the following requirements are fulfilled:
     (a) at least eight States have become Parties to this Protocol or
 have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or
 accession with the Secretary-General of the Organization, whether or not
 subject to Article 30, paragraph 4; and
     (b) the Secretary-General of the Organization has received
 information in accordance with A

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