. Resolution (Adopted by the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization on October 18, 2000). Approval of Amendments to the Limits of Compensation Contained in the 1992 Protocol Amending the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971.
. Annex. Amendments to the Limits of Compensation contained in the 1992 Protocol Amending the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971.
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 1992 1 1 1992 Fund Convention.
The States Parties to this Convention, BEING Parties also to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels on November 29, 1969, AWARE of the dangers of pollution posed by the international maritime transport of oil in bulk, CONVINCED of the need to ensure adequate compensation to victims of pollution damage caused by spills or discharges of oil from ships, CONSIDERING that the International Convention of November 29, 1969 on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage constitutes a considerable advance in this respect by establishing a regime for compensation for damage suffered in the Contracting States caused by pollution, as well as for the costs of preventive measures taken anywhere to prevent or minimize such damage, CONSIDERING that this regime, which imposes an additional financial obligation on the shipowner, does not, however, provide full compensation to the victims of oil pollution damage in all cases, CONSIDERING FURTHER that the economic consequences of damage caused by spills or discharges of oil transported in bulk by sea should not be borne exclusively by the shipping industry, but also by the cargo interests, CONVINCED of the need to create a compensation and indemnification system to supplement that established by the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage to ensure full compensation to the victims of pollution damage, while at the same time relieving the shipowner of the additional financial obligations imposed by that Convention, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Resolution on the establishment of an international compensation fund for oil pollution damage, adopted on November 29, 1969 by the International Legal Conference on Marine Pollution Damage, HAVE AGREED as follows:
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