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(2) When a ship is unduly detained or delayed under Articles 4, 5 and 6 of 
the present Convention, it shall be entitled to compensation for any loss or 
damage suffered. 
Article 8 
REPORTS ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES 
(1) A report of an incident shall be made without delay to the fullest extent 
possible in accordance with the provisions of Protocol I to the present Convention. 
(2) Each Party to the Convention shall : 
(a) make all arrangements necessary for an appropriate officer or agency 
to receive and process all reports on incidents ; and 
(b) notify the Organization with complete details of such arrangements 
for circulation to other Parties and Member States of the Organization. 
(3) Whenever a Party receives a report under the provisions of the present 
Article, that Party shall delay the report without delay to: 
(a) the Administration of the ship involved ; and 
(b) any other State which may be affected. 
(4) EKach Party to the Convention undertakes to issue instructions to its 
maritime inspection vessels and aircraft and to other appropriate services, to re- 
port to its authorities any incident referred to in Protocol I to the present Con- 
vention. That Party shall, if it considers it appropriate, report accordingly to 
the Organization and to any other party concerned. 
Article 9 
OTHER TREATIES AND INTERPRETATION 
(1) Upon its entry into force, the present Convention supersedes the Inter- 
national Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as 
amended, as between Parties to that Convention. 
(2) Nothing in the present Convention shall prejudice the codification and 
development of the law of the sea by the United Nations Conference on the Law 
of the Sea convened pursuant to Resolution 2750 C(XXV) of the General As- 
sembly of the United Nations nor the present or future claims and legal views 
of any State concerning the law of the sea and the nature and extent of coastal 
and flag State jurisdiction. 
(3) The term “jurisdiction” in the present Convention shall be construed in 
the light of international law in force at the time of application or interpreta- 
tion of the present Convention. 
Article 10 
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 
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 Varties involved has not been possible, and if these 
Parties do not otherwise agree, be submitted upon request of any of them to 
urbitration as set out in Protocol IIT to the present Convention. 
Article 11 
COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION 
(1) The Parties to the Convention undertake to communicate to the Organiza- 
tion: 
(n) the text of laws, orders, decrees and regulations and other instru- 
ments which have been promulgated on the various matters within the scope 
of the present Convention ; 
(b) a list of non-governmental agencies which are authorized to act on 
their behalf in matters relating to the design, construction and equipment of 
ships carrying harmful substances in accordance with the provisions of the 
Regulations ; 
(c) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificates issned under 
the provisions of the Regulations: 
(a) a list of reception facilities including their location, capacity and 
available facilities and other characteristics : 
(e) official reports or summaries of official reports in so far as they show 
the results of the application of the present Conyention ; and 
