Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969:Article 12 Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969

Article 12 Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 30-05-1996

Bronpublicatie:: 27-11-1992, Trb. 1994, 229 (uitgifte: 04-11-1994, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 30-05-1996
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 22-07-1996, Trb. 1996, 194 (uitgifte: 01-01-1996, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Natuurbeschermingsrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen
Omgevingsrecht / Milieu

1.

This Protocol shall be open for signature at London from 15 January 1993 to 14 January 1994 by all States.

2.

Subject to paragraph 4, any State may become a Party to this Protocol by:

(a): signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval followed by ratification, acceptance or approval; or
(b): accession.

3.

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.

4.

Any Contracting State to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, hereinafter referred to as the 1971 Fund Convention, may ratify, accept, approve or accede to this Protocol only if it ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to the Protocol of 1992 to amend that Convention at the same time, unless it denounces the 1971 Fund Convention to take effect on the date when this Protocol enters into force for that State.

5.

A State which is a Party to this Protocol but not a Party to the 1969 Liability Convention shall be bound by the provisions of the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol in relation to other States Parties hereto, but shall not be bound by the provisions of the 1969 Liability Convention in relation to States Parties thereto.

6.

Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to the 1969 Liability Convention as amended by this Protocol shall be deemed to apply to the Convention so amended, as modified by such amendment.