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YEARBOOK 2009 ANNUAIRE ATHENS II Documents of the Conference TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - Organization of the CMI PAGE NO. Constitution 8 Rules of Procedure 34 Guidelines for proposing the election of Titulary and Provisional Members 37 Headquarters of the CMI 38 Members of the Executive Council 38 Honorary Officers 43 Standing Committees 45 International Working Groups 46 International Sub-Committees 46 Member Associations 47 Temporary Members 91 Members Honoris Causa 92 Titulary Members 92 Consultative Members 119 PART II - The work of the CMI I ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR THE ATHENS CONFERENCE PROCEDURAL RULES RELATING TO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN MARITIME LAW 124 Letter of Gregory Timagenis dated October 1st, 2008 enclosing: – the actual text of the Draft Guidelines and 126 – a Digest of the comments by the National Associations 134 II CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS OPENING OF THE 39TH CMI CONFERENCE Speech of the President of the CMI, Jean-Serge Rohart 153 CMI YEARBOOK 2009 3 Table of contents PLACES OF REFUGE Introduction by the Chairman, by Stuart Hetherington 158 Annex 1: Policies of the United States Coast Guard and national response team, by Lizabeth L. Burrell 163 Annex 2: An Instrument on Places of Refuge From a Ports’ Perspective, by Frans van Zoelen 181 Annex 3: Places of Refuge for Ships in Distress - the P & I Insurer’s perspective, by Andrew Bardot 196 Annex 4: Places of refuge, by Archie Bishop 201 Annex 5: Places of Refuge, by Fritz Stabinger 204 Annex 6: Notes on Clauses of Draft Instrument on Places of Refuge, by Richard Shaw 208 Annex 7: Submission of Report and Instrument to IMO, by Richard Shaw 212 Resolution adopted by the 39th CMI Conference in connection with the Draft Instrument on Places of Refuge in Athens 17 October 2008 227 PROCEDURAL RULES RELATING TO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IN MARITIME LAW Remarks of the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish MLAS 230 Memorandum of the Canadian MLA 237 Resolution of the Conference and the attached text of the Guidelines 241 UNCITRAL DRAFT CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS WHOLLY OR PARTLY BY SEA A Brief History of the Involvement of the CMI 252 Scope of application, Freedom of contract, by Hannu Honka 255 Overview of the Convention - The UNCITRAL perspective, by Kate Lannan 271 UN Convention on contracts for international carriage of goods wholly of partly by sea, by Jan Ramberg 277 Shipowner’s view on the UNCITRAL convention on contracts for the international carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea, Summary and Speech, by Knud Pontoppidan 282 Speech delivered by the President the of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Mr. Nicos D. Efthymiou 292 The new elements - The facilitation of electronic commerce, by Johanne Gauthier 296 Multimodal aspects of the Rotterdam Rules by Gertjan van der Ziel 301 Report of the discussions and Resolution 314 NON-TECHNICAL MEASURES TO PROMOTE QUALITY SHIPPING Quality Shipping - Background, by Karl Gombrii 318 Summary of Discussions in the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, by Richard Shaw 323 Non technical measures for the promotion of quality shipping for carriage of goods by sea, by Nigel Carden 329 4 CMI YEARBOOK 2009 Table of contents JUDICIAL SALE OF SHIPS A Brief Discussion on Judicial Sale of Ships, by Henry Hai Li 342 CHARTERER’S RIGHTS TO LIMIT LIABILITY Introduction, by Patrick Griggs 358 Synopsis of the responses to the questionnaire 365 WRECK REMOVAL CONVENTION 2007 The Nairobi Wreck removal Convention, by Richard Shaw 402 HNS CONVENTION The HNS Convention: Prospects for its entry into force, by Måns Jacobsson 418 PART III - Status of Ratifications Status of the ratifications of and accessions to the Brussels International Maritime Conventions: - Editor’s notes 432 - Collision between vessels, 23rd September 1910 434 - Assistance and salvage at sea, 23rd September 1910 436 - Assistance and salvage at sea, Protocol of 27th May 1967 439 - Limitation of liability of owners of sea-going vessels, 25th August 1924 440 - Bills of lading, 25th August 1924 (Hague Rules) 441 - Bills of lading, Protocol of 23rd February 1968 (Visby Rules) 447 - Bills of lading, Protocol of 21st December 1979 (SDR Protocol) 449 - Maritime liens and mortgages, 10th April 1926 450 - Immunity of State-owned ships, 10th April 1926 and additional Protocol 24th May 1934 451 - Civil jurisdiction in matters of collision, 10th May 1952 453 - Penal jurisdiction in matters of collision or other incidents of navigation, 10th May 1952 455 - Arrest of sea-going ships, 10th May 1952 462 - Limitation of the liability of owners of sea-going ships, 10th October 1957 467 - Limitation of the liability of owners of sea-going ships, Protocol of 21st December 1979 472 - Stowaways, 10th October 1957 473 - Carriage of passengers by sea, 29th April 1961 473 - Nuclear ships, 25th May 1962 474 - Carriage of passengers’ luggage by sea, 27th May 1967 475 - Vessels under construction, 27th May 1967 475 - Maritime liens and mortgages, 27th May 1967 476 CMI YEARBOOK 2009 5 Table of contents Status of the ratifications of and accessions to the IMO conventions, in the field of private maritime law: - Editor’s notes 477 - International convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage (CLC 1969) 478 - Protocol of 1976 to the International convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage (CLC Prot 1976) 486 - Protocol of 1992 to amend the International convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage, 1969 (CLC Prot 1992) 490 - International convention relating to Intervention on the high seas in cases of oil pollution casualties, 1969 (Intervention 1969) 494 - Protocol relating to Intervention on the high seas in cases of pollution by substances other than oil, 1973, as amended (Intervention Prot 1973) 498 - International convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage (Fund 1971) 500 - Protocol of 1976 to the International convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1971 (Fund Prot 1976) 503 - Protocol of 1992 to amend the International convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1971 (Fund Prot 1992) 505 - Protocol of 2003 to the International convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage, 1992 (Fund Prot 2003) 509 - Convention relating to civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear material (Nuclear 1971) 510 - Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea (PAL 1974) 511 - Protocol of 1976 to amend the 1974 Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea (PAL Prot 1976) 514 - Protocol of 1990 to amend the 1974 Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea (PAL Prot 1990) 516 - Protocol of 2002 to the Athens convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea 516 - Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims (LLMC 1976) 517 - Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on limitation of liability for maritime claims, 1976 (LLMC Prot 1996) 524 - International convention on salvage (Salvage 1989) 525 - International convention on oil pollution preparedness, response and co-operation, 1990 (OPRC 1990) 529 - Protocol on preparedness, response and co-operation to pollution incidents by hazardous and noxious substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS 2000) 532 6 CMI YEARBOOK 2009 Table of contents - International convention on liability and compensation for damage in connection with the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances by sea, 1996 (HNS 1996) 533 - International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunker 2001) 534 - Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation, 1988 (SUA 1988) 535 - Protocol for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of fixed platforms located on the continental shelf, 1988 (SUA PROTOCOL 1988) 539 Status of the ratifications of and accessions to United Nations and United Nations/IMO conventions in the field of maritime law: - The United Nations Convention on a code of conduct for liner conferences, 6 April 1974 (Liner Confer 1974) 544 - The United Nations Convention on the carriage of goods by sea, 31 March 1978 (The Hamburg Rules 1978) 546 - The United Nations Convention on international multimodal transport of goods, 24 May 1980 (Multimodal 1980) 547 - The United Nations Convention on the law of the sea, 10 December 1982 547 - The United Nations Convention on conditions of registration of ships, 7 February 1986 (Registration ships 1986) 550 - The United Nations Convention on the liability of operators of transport terminals in the international trade, 1991 551 - International Convention on maritime liens and mortgages, 1993 551 - International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 551 Status of the ratifications of and accessions of UNESCO Conventions - UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage 552 Status of the ratifications of and accessions to UNIDROIT conventions in the field of private maritime law: - UNIDROIT Convention on international financial leasing, 1988 553 APPENDIX Conferences of the Comité Maritime International 554 PART I Organization of the CMI 8 CMI YEARBOOK 2009 Part I - Organization of the CMI Comité Maritime International CONSTITUTION 20011 PART I - GENERAL Article 1 Name and Object The name of this organization is “Comité Maritime International.” It is a non-governmental not-for-profit international organization established in Antwerp in 1897, the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects. To this end it shall promote the establishment of national associations of maritime law and shall co-operate with other international organizations. Article 2 Existence and Domicile The juridical personality of the Comité Maritime International is established under the law of Belgium of 25th October 1919, as later amended.