1992年国际油污损害民事责任公约(英文)_推荐.pdfVIP

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OLL 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 tpye whatsoever constructed or adapted for the carriage of oil in bulk as cargo, provided that a ship capable of carrying oil in bulk as cargo and during any voyage following such carriage unless it is proved that it has no residuse of such carriage of oil in bulk aboard. 2. “Person” means any individual or partnership or any public or private bady, whether corporate or not, including a State or any of its constituent subdivsions. 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