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1 HANDBOOK OF MARITIME CONVENTIONS Comité Maritime International 2004 VANCOUVER EDITION LexisNexis Matthew Bender*

2 Introduction CHAPTER 1. Document 1-1 Document 1-2 Document 1-3 Document 1-4 Document 1-5 Document 1-6 Document 1-7 Document 1-8 Document 1-9 Document 1-10 TRANSPORT OF GOODS International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading, and Protocol of Signature ("Hague Rules"), 1924 [CMI - Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading ("Visby Amendments"), 1968 [CMI - Protocol Amending the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading ("SDR Protocol"), 1979 [CMI - Draft Convention on Combined Transport ('Tokyo Rules"), 1969 [CMI] United Nations Convention on the Carnage of Goods By Sea ("Hamburg Rules"), 1978 [UNCITRAL] United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, 1980 [UNCTAD] Uniform Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading, 1990 [CMI] Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills, 1990 [CMI] United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminais in International Trade, 1991 [UNCITRAL] Voyage Charterparty Laytime Interprétation Rules ("VoyLayRules 93"), 1993 [CMI / BIMCO / FONASBA / INTERCARGO] CHAPTER 2. CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE Document 2-1 Document 2-2 Document 2-3 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Carnage of Passengers by Sea (with Protocol of Signature), 1961 [CMI - International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Carnage of Passengers' Luggage by Sea, 1967 [CMI - Athens Convention Relating to the Carnage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 1974 [CMI - IMO] (Pub.1101 Rel.3)

3 Document 2-4 Document 2-5 Protocol to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carnage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 2002 [IMO] Consolidated Text of the 1974 Athens Convention Relating to the Carnage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea and the 2002 Protocol [IMO] CHAPTER 3. COLLISION AND NAVIGATION Document 3-1 Document 3-2 Document 3-3 Document 3-4 Document 3-5 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Collision Between Vessels, 1910 [CMI - International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Pénal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collisions or Other Incidents of Navigation, 1952 [CMI - International Convention on Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision, 1952 [CMI - Draft International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Récognition and Enforcement of Judgements in Matters of Collision, 1977 [CMI] Rules for the Assessment of Damages in Marine Collisions ("Lisbon Rules"), 1988 [CMI] CHAPTER 4. SALVAGE AND GENERAL AVERAGE Document 4-1 Document 4-2 Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, 1910 [CMI - Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, 1967 [CMI - Document 4-3 International Convention on Salvage, 1989 [CMI - IMO] Document 4-4 Document 4-5 Draft Protocol to Amend the International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (The "Brice Protocol") [CMI] Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Héritage, 2001 [UNESCO] Document 4-6 York-Antwerp Rules, (Sydney) 1994 [CMI] j v (Pub.1101 Rel.3)

4 CHAPTER 5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Document 5-1 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships (with Protocol of Signature), 1924 [CMI - Document 5-2 Document 5-3 International Convention Relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships (with Protocol of Signature), 1957 [CMI - Protocol Amending the International Convention Relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships ("SDR Protocol"), 1979 [CMI - Document 5-4 Convention on the Liability of Operators of Nuclear Ships, 1962 [CMI - Document 5-5 Document 5-6 Document 5-7 Convention Relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carnage of Nuclear Material, 1971 [CMI - IMO] International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (with attachment), 1976 [CMI - IMO] Protocol of 1996 to Amend the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1976) [IMO] CHAPTER 6. POLLUTION: LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION Document 6-1 Document 6-2 Document 6-3 Consolidated Text of the 1969 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1976 "SDR" Protocol [CMI - IMO] Consolidated Text of the 1992 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the 2000 Amendments of the Limits of Liability [IMO] Consolidated Text of the 1971 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage and the 1976 "SDR" Protocol [CMI - IMO] Document 6-4 Document 6-5 Protocol to Amend the 1971 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage [IMO] Consolidated Text of the 1992 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage and the 2000 Amendments of the Limits of Compensation [IMO] V (Pub.1101 Rel.3)

5 Document 6-6 Document 6-7 Protocol of 2003 to the 1992 International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage ("Supplementary Fund Protocol") [IMO] International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 [IMO] Document 6-8 Guidelines on Oil Pollution Damage, 1994 [CMI] Document 6-9 Document 6-10 Document 6-11 Document 6-12 Document 6-13 International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 [CMI - IMO] Protocol to the International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 [IMO] International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carnage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 [IMO] International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Coopération ("OPRC Convention"), 1990 [IMO] Protocol to the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation ("OPRC-HNS"), 2000 [IMO] CHAPTER 7. MARITIME LIENS AND CLAIMS Document 7-1 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages (with Protocol of Signature), 1926 [CMI - Document 7-2 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1967 [CMI - Document 7-3 International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 [CMI - IMO / UNCTAD] CHAPTER 8. REGISTRATION OF SHIPS, MORTGAGES, RIGHTS AND CLAIMS Document 8-1 Convention Relating to Registration of Rights in Respect of Vessels Under Construction, 1967 [CMI - Document 8-2 United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships, 1986 [UNCTAD] vj (Pub.UOl Rel.3)

6 CHAPTER 9. ARREST AND IMMUNITY OF SHIPS Document 9-1 International Convention Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, 1952 [CMI - Document 9-2 International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 [CMI - IMO / UNCTAD] Document 9-3 Document 9-4 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Immunity of State-Owned Ships (with Protocol), 1926 [CMI - Protocol to the Convention on Immunity of State-Owned Ships, 1934 [CMI - CHAPTER 10. UNLAWFUL ACTS: PIRACY, TERRORISM AND MARITIME VIOLENCE Document 10-1 Document 10-2 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation ("Rome Convention"), 1988 [IMO] Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 1988 [IMO] Document 10-3 Model National Law on Piracy and Acts of Maritime Violence, 2001 [CMI] Document 10-4 Code of Practice for the Investigation of the Crimes of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships (2000) [IMO] CHAPTER 11. CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES Document 11-1 Document 11-2 Principles of Conduct for Classification Societies, 1998 [CMI] Model Contractual Clauses for Use in Agreements Between Classification Societies and Governments and Classification Societies and Shipowners, 1999 [CMI] CHAPTER 12. OFFSHORE MOBILE CRAFT Document 12-1 Draft International Convention on Off-Shore Mobile Craft, 1977 [CMI] VÎi (Pub.1101 Rel.3)

7 CHAPTER 13. SHIPPING CONFERENCES Document 13-1 Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conférences, 1974 [UNCTAD] CHAPTER 14. STOWAWAYS Document 14-1 International Convention Relating to Stowaways, 1957 [CMI - CHAPTER 15. LAW OF TREATIES Document 15-1 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969 [UN] INDEX (Pub.HOl Rel.3)

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