International Convention on Liability And Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous And Noxious Substances By Sea, IMO 1996

Chapter I - General Provisions

Scope of application

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Article 3

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This Convention shall apply exclusively:

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(a) to any damage caused in the territory, including the territorial sea, of a State Party;

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(b) to damage by contamination of the environment caused in the exclusive economic zone of a State Party, established in accordance with international law, or, if a State Party 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;

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(c) to damage, other than damage by contamination of the environment, caused outside the territory, including the territorial sea, of any State, if this damage has been caused by a substance carried on board a ship registered in a State Party or, in the case of an unregistered ship, on board a ship entitled to fly the flag of a State Party; and

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(d) to preventive measures, wherever taken.

International Convention on Liability And Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous And Noxious Substances By Sea, IMO 1996

Chapter I - General Provisions

Definitions

Annexes

Scope of application

Duties of State Parties

Chapter II - Liability

Liability of the owner

Incidents involving two or more ships

Limitation of liability

Death and injury

Compulsory insurance of the owner

Chapter III - Compensation By The International Hazardous And Noxious Substances Fund (HNS Fund)

Establishment of the HNS Fund

Compensation

Related tasks of the HNS Fund

Expenditure:

General provisions on contributions

General provisions on annual contributions

Annual contributions to the general account

Annual contributions to separate accounts

Initial contributions

Reports

Non­payment of contributions

Optional liability of States Parties for the payment of contributions

Organization and administration

Assembly

Secretariat

Finances

Voting

Tax exemptions and currency regulations

Confidentiality of information

Chapter IV - Claims And Actions

Limitation of actions

Jurisdiction in respect of action against the owner

Jurisdiction in respect of action against the HNS Fund or taken by the HNS Fund

Recognition and enforcement

Subrogation and recourse

Supersession clause

Chapter V - Transitional Provisions

Information on contributing cargo

First session of the Assembly

Chapter VI - Final Clauses

Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

Entry into force

Revision and amendment

Amendment of limits

Denunciation

Extraordinary sessions of the Assembly

Cessation

Winding up of the HNS Fund

Depositary

Languages

[Post Provisions]

Annexes

Annex I

ANNEX II - Regulations For The Calculation Of Annual Contributions To The General Account

Metadata

Manifest

International Convention on Liability And Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous And Noxious Substances By Sea, IMO 1996

Chapter I - General Provisions

Scope of application

Article 3

Nonpayment of contributions