Any dispute between two or more Parties to the Convention concerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention shall, if settlement by negotiation between the Parties involved has not been possible, and if these Parties do not otherwise agree, be submitted upon request of...

(1)The Parties to the Convention undertake to communicate to the Organization:(a)the text of laws, orders, decrees and regulations and other instruments which have been promulgated on the various matters within the scope of the present Convention;(b)a list of nominated surveyors or recognized organizations which are...

The Parties to the Convention shall promote, in consultation with the Organization and other international bodies, with assistance and co-ordination by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, support for those Parties which request technical assistance for:(a)the training of scientific and technical personnel;(b)the...

The present Convention is established in a single copy in the English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, each text being equally authentic. Official translations in the Arabic, German, Italian and Japanese languages shall be prepared and deposited with the signed original.

Any person who is obliged under the provisions of this Protocol to send a report shall, when possible:(a)supplement the initial report, as necessary, and provide information concerning further developments; and(b)comply as fully as possible with requests from affected States for additional information.

(1)If, at the end of a period of sixty days from the nomination of the second Arbitrator, the Chairman of the Tribunal shall not have been nominated, the Secretary-General of the Organization upon request of either Party shall within a further period of sixty days...

Any Party to the Convention which has an interest of a legal nature and which may be affected by the decision in the case may, after giving written notice to the Parties which have originally initiated the procedure, join in the arbitration procedure with the...

Unless expressly provided otherwise, the provisions of this Annex shall apply to all ships. In ships other than oil tankers fitted with cargo spaces which are constructed and utilized to carry oil in bulk of an aggregate capacity of 200 cubic metres or more, the...

1.Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above, and every other ship of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be subject to the surveys specified below: .1 an initial survey before the ship is put in service or before the Certificate required under regulation...

An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued, after an initial or renewal survey in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 of this Annex, to any oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above and any other ships of 400 gross tonnage and...