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Council Decision of 2 March 2004 authorising the Member States to sign, ratify or accede to, in the interest of the European Community, the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992, and authorising Austria and Luxembourg, in the interest of the European Community, to accede to the underlying instruments (2004/246/EC)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) The Member States are hereby authorised to sign, ratify...

  3. Article 2.(1) Member States shall take the necessary steps to express...

  4. Article 3.When signing, ratifying or acceding to the instruments referred to...

  5. Article 4.Member States shall, at the earliest opportunity, use their best...

  6. Article 5.This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance...

    1. ANNEX I

      Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992

      2. GENERAL PROVISIONS

        1. Article 1.For the purposes of this Protocol: ‘1992 Liability Convention’ means...

        2. Article 2.(1) An International Supplementary Fund for compensation for pollution damage,...

        3. Article 3.This Protocol shall apply exclusively: to pollution damage caused: in...

      3. SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION

        1. Article 4.(1) The Supplementary Fund shall pay compensation to any person...

        2. Article 5.The Supplementary Fund shall pay compensation when the Assembly of...

        3. Article 6.(1) Subject to Article 15(2) and (3), rights to compensation...

        4. Article 7.(1) The provisions of Article 7(1), (2), (4), (5) and...

        5. Article 8.(1) Subject to any decision concerning the distribution referred to...

        6. Article 9.(1) The Supplementary Fund shall, in respect of any amount...

      4. CONTRIBUTIONS

        1. Article 10.(1) Annual contributions to the Supplementary Fund shall be made...

        2. Article 11.(1) With a view to assessing the amount of annual...

        3. Article 12.(1) The provisions of Article 13 of the 1992 Fund...

        4. Article 13.(1) Contracting States shall communicate to the Director of the...

        5. Article 14.(1) Notwithstanding Article 10, for the purposes of this Protocol...

        6. Article 15.(1) If in a Contracting State there is no person...

      5. ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION

        1. Article 16.(1) The Supplementary Fund shall have an Assembly and a...

        2. Article 17.(1) The Secretariat of the 1992 Fund, headed by the...

      6. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

        1. Article 18.(1) Subject to paragraph 4, the aggregate amount of the...

      7. FINAL CLAUSES

        1. Article 19.Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

        2. Article 20.Information on contributing oil

        3. Article 21.Entry into force

        4. Article 22.First session of the Assembly

        5. Article 23.Revision and amendment

        6. Article 24.Amendment of compensation limit

        7. Article 25.Protocols to the 1992 Fund Convention

        8. Article 26.Denunciation

        9. Article 27.Extraordinary sessions of the Assembly

        10. Article 28.Termination

        11. Article 29.Winding up of the Supplementary Fund

        12. Article 30.Depositary

        13. Article 31.Languages

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