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1971年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金国际公约的1976年议定书(附英文)
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〖颁布日期〗1976.11.19
〖签订地点〗 伦敦
〖正文〗     简介
    本议定书于１９７６年１１月１７日至１９日原政府间海事协商组织在伦敦召开的修订１９７１年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金的国际公约中计算单位会议上通过，尚未生效。参加本议定书的国家有：巴哈马、塞浦路斯、丹麦、芬兰、法国、德国、印度、意大利、利比里亚、马耳他、荷兰、挪威、波兰、葡萄牙、原苏联、西班牙、瑞典、英国、瓦努阿图等。
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    本议定书各缔约方，经考虑１９７１年１２月１８日在布鲁塞尔制定的设立国际油污损害赔偿基金的国际公约，兹协议如下：
    第Ⅰ条
    在本议定书中，
    １．“公约”系指１９７１年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金的国际公约。
    ２．“责任公约”与公约中的含义相同。
    ３．“本组织”与公约中意义相同。
    ４．“秘书长”系指本组织秘书长。
    第Ⅱ条
    下列文字代替公约第１条第４款：
    “计算单位”或“货币单位”视其情况，系指经１９７６年１１月１９日通过的议定书所修正的责任公约中第Ⅴ条所述的计算单位或货币单位。
    第Ⅲ条
    公约中所述的金额，无论在何处出现，均修正如下：
    （ａ）第４条
      （ｉ）用“３０００万计算单位或４．５亿货币单位”代替“４．５亿法郎”；
      （ｉｉ）用“６０００万计算单位或９亿货币单位”代替“９亿法郎”。
    （ｂ）在第５条中：
      （ｉ）用“１００计算单位或１５００货币单位”代替“１５００法郎”；
      （ｉｉ）“用８３３．３万计算单位或１．２５亿货币单位”代替“１．２５亿法郎”；
      （ｉｉｉ）用“１３３计算单位或２０００货币单位”代替“２０００法郎”；
      （ｉｖ）用“１４００万计算单位或２．１亿货币单位”代替“２．１亿法郎”；
    （ｃ）在第１１条中，用“５００万计算单位或７５００万货币单位”代替“７５００万法郎”；
    （ｄ）在第１２条中用“１００万计算单位或１５００万货币单位”代替“１５００万法郎”。
    第Ⅳ条
    １．本议定书将开放供任何已签署或加入公约的国家和任何应邀参加于１９７６年１１月１７日至１９日在伦敦召开的修订１９７１年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金的国际公约计算单位会议的国家签字。本议定书自１９７７年２月１日起至１９７７年１２月３１日止在本组织总部开放，以供签字。
    ２．除本条第４款另有规定外，本议定书有待已签署本议定书的国家批准、接受或核准。
    ３．除本条４款另有规定外，本议定书应开放供未签署本议定书的国家加入。
    ４．本议定书可由公约各缔约国批准、接受、核准或加入。
    第Ⅴ条
    １．批准、接受、核准或加入应向秘书长交存一份相应的正式文件。
    ２．在本议定书修正案对所有现有缔约国生效之后，或者在本修正案对所有现有缔约国的生效所需的各种手续完备之后，任何交存的批准、接受、核准或加入文件应视为适用于经修正案修改的本议定书。
    第Ⅵ条
    １．本议定书将在下列条件满足之日后第９０天，对批准、接受、核准或加入本议定书的国家生效。
    （ａ）至少八个国家已向秘书长交存批准、接受、核准或加入书，并且
    （ｂ）秘书长根据公约第３９条已收到的资料表明，在这些国家中，根据公约第１０条规定有义务缴纳摊款的人，在前一日历年度内接收的摊款油类总量至少达到７．５亿吨。
    ２．但是，本议定书在公约生效前不得生效。
    ３．对于每个随后批准、接受、核准或加入本议定书的国家，本议定书应自这些国家交存相应文件之日起九十天后生效。
    第Ⅶ条
    １．任何缔约国可在本议定书对其生效之后，随时退出本议定书。
    ２．退出应向秘书长交存一份文件，方为有效。
    ３．退出应在向秘书长交存退出文件一年后生效，或在退出文件中载明的更长的期限之后生效。
    第Ⅷ条
    １．修订或修正本议定书的会议，可由本组织召开。
    ２．经不少于三分之一的缔约国的要求，本组织应召开本议定书的缔约国会议，对其进行修订或修正。
    第Ⅸ条
    １．本议定书应交秘书长保存。
    ２．秘书长应：
    （ａ）将下列事项通知所有已签署或加入本议定书的国家：
      （ｉ）每一新的签署或新的文件的交存及其日期；
      （ｉｉ）本议定书的生效日期；
      （ｉｉｉ）任何退出本议定书的文件的交存及退出的生效日期；
      （ｉｖ）本议定书的任何修正案；
    （ｂ）将本议定书的核证无误的副本送交所有签署或加入本议定书的国家。
    第Ⅹ条
    本议定书一经生效，秘书长应按照《联合国宪章》第１０２条的规定，将本议定书的核证无误的副本送交联合国秘书处，供登记和公布。
    第Ⅺ条
    本议定书正本一份，用英文和法文写成，两种文本具有同等效力。俄文和西班牙文的正式译本应由本组织秘书处译就并与经签署的正本一并交存。
    １９７６年１１月１９日订于伦敦
    下列署名者，经正式授权，特签署本议定书，以昭信守。
    决  议
    修正１９７１年设立国际油污损害赔偿基金国际公约中计算单位规定的会议，
    考虑到货币贬值会在很大程度上影响公约中确立的金额。
    建议各参加国政府考虑此问题，为及时修正这些金额，设立特别的和有效的程序，以稳定其实际价值。
      PROTOCOL OF 1976 TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISH-MENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE,1971
   
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    THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT PROTOCOL,
    HAVING CONSIDERED the International Convention on the Establishment of
an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, done at
Brussels on December 18, 1971,
    HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article I
    For the purpose of the present Protocol:
    1. "Convention" means the International Convention on the
Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution
Damage, 1971.
    2. "Liability Convention" has the same meaning as in the Convention.
    3. "Organization" has the same meaning as in the Convention.
    4. "Secretary-General" means the Secretary-General of the
Organization.
Article II
    Article 1, paragraph 4 of the Convention is replaced by the following
text:
    "Unit of Account" or "Monetary Unit" means the unit of account or
monetary unit as the case may be, referred to in Article V of the
Liability Convention, as amended by the Protocol thereto adopted on
November 19, 1976.
Article III
    The amounts referred to in the Convention shall wherever they appear
be amended as follows:
        (a) Article 4:
            (i) "450 million francs" is replaced by "30 million units of
account or 450 million monetary units";
            (ii) "900 million francs" is replaced by "60 million units of
account or 900 million monetary units".
        (b) In Article 5:
            (i) "1,500 francs" is replaced by "100 units of account or
1,500 million monetary units";
            (ii) "125 million francs" is replaced by "8,333,000 units of
account or 125 million monetary units";
            (iii) "2,000 francs" is replaced by "133 units of account or
2,000 monetary units";
            (iv) "210 million francs" is replaced by "14 million units of
account or 210 million monetary units".
        ? In Article 11, "75 million francs" is replaced by "5 million
units of account or 75 million monetary units".
        (d) In Article 12, "15 million francs" is replaced by "1 million
units of account or 15 million monetary units".
 
Article IV
    1. The present Protocol shall be open for signature by any State which
has signed the Convention or acceded thereto and by any State invited to
attend the Conference to Revise the Unit of Account Provisions in the
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for
Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, held in London from November
17 to 19, 1976. The Protocol shall be open for signature from February 1,
1977 to December 31, 1977 at the Headquarters of the Organization.
    2. Subject to paragraph 4 of this Article, the present Protocol shall
be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the States which
have signed it.
    3. Subject to paragraph 4 of this Article, this Protocol shall be open
for accession by States which did not sign it.
    4. The present Protocol may be ratified, accepted, approved or acceded
to by States Parties to the Convention.
Article V
    1. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected
by the deposit of a formal instrument to that effect with the
Secretary-General.
    2. Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
deposited after the entry into force of an amendment to the present
Protocol with respect to all existing Parties or after the completion of
all measures required for the entry into force of the amendment with
respect to all existing Parties shall be deemed to apply to the Protocol
as modified by the amendment.
Article VI
    1. The present Protocol shall enter into force for the States which
have ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to it on the ninetieth day
following the date on which the following requirements are fulfilled;
        (a) at least eight States have deposited instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the
Secretary-General, and
        (b) the Secretary-General has received information in accordance
with Article 39 of the Convention that those persons in such States who
would be liable to contribute pursuant to Article 10 of the Convention
have received during the preceding calendar year a total quantity of at
least 750 million tons of contributing oil.
    2. However, the present Protocol shall not enter into force before the
Convention has entered into force.
    3. For each State which subsequently ratifies, accepts, approves or
accedes to it, the present Protocol shall enter into force on the
ninetieth day after deposit by such State of the appropriate instrument.
 
Article VII
    1. The present Protocol may be denounced by any Party at any time
after the date on which the Protocol enters into force for that Party.
    2. Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument with
the Secretary-General.
    3. Denunciation shall take effect one year, or such longer period as
may by specified in the instrument of denunciation, after its deposit with
the Secretary-General.
Article VIII
    1. A conference for the purpose of revising or amending the present
Protocol may be convened by the Organization.
    2. The Organization shall convene a Conference of Parties to the
present Protocol for the purpose of revising or amending it at the request
of not less than one-third of the Parties.
Article IX
    1. The present Protocol shall be deposited with the Secretary-General.
    2. The Secretary-General shall:
        (a) inform all States which have signed the present Protocol or
acceded thereto of:
            (i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument together
with the date thereof;
            (ii) the date of entry into force of the present Protocol;
            (iii) the deposit of any instrument of denunciation of the
present Protocol together with the date on which the denunciation takes
effect;
            (iv) any amendments to the present Protocol;
        (b) transmit certified true copies of the present Protocol to all
States which have signed the present Protocol or acceded thereto.
 
Article X
    As soon as this Protocol enters into force, a certified true copy
thereof shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General to the Secretariat
of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Article XI
    The present Protocol is established in a single original in the
English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic.
Official translation in the Russian and Spanish languages shall be
prepared by the Secretariat of the Organization and deposited with the
signed original.
    DONE AT LONDON this nineteenth day of November one thousand nine
hundred and seventy-six.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned being duly authorized for that
purpose have signed the present Protocol.
    RESOLUTION
    The Conference to revise the unit of account provisions in the 1971
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for
Compensation for Oil Pollution,
    Considering that a decline in the value of money may affect, to a
serious extent, the amounts established in the Convention,
    Recommends that the Participating Governments consider the problem
with a view to establishing a specific and efficient procedure for the
expeditious revision of such amounts in order to maintain their real
value.