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TAKING NOTE of the Resolution on the Establishment of an 

 International Compensation Fund for Oil Pollution Damage which 

 was adopted on 29 November 1969 by the International Legal Con- 

 ference on Marine Pollution Damage, 



HAVE AGREED as follows: 



General Provisions 

 Article 1 



For the purposes of this Convention — 



1. "Liability Convention" means the International Convention on 

 Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, adopted at Brussels on 29 

 November 1969. 



2. "Ship", "Person", "Owner", "Oil," "Pollution Damap:o", ' 

 "Preventive Measures", "Incident" and "Organization", have the 

 same meaning as in Article I of the Liability Convention, provided 

 however that, for the purposes of these terms, "oil" shall be confined 

 to persistent hydrocarbon mineral oils. 



3. "Contributing Oil" means crude oil and fuel oil as defined in 

 sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) below: 



(a) "Crude Oil" means any liquid hydrocarboa mixture 

 occurring naturally in the earth whether or not treated to render 

 it suitable for transportation. It also includes crude oils from 

 which certain distillate fractions have been removed (sometimes 

 referred to as "Topped Crudes") or to which certain distillate 

 fractions have been added (sometimes referred to as "spiked" 

 or "reconstituted" crudes). 



(b) "Fuel Oil" means heavy distillates or residues from crude 

 oil or blends of such materials intended for use ns a fuel for the 

 production of heat or power of a quality'' equivalent to the 

 "American Society for Testing and Materials' Specification or 

 Number Four Fuel Oil (Desigtuition D 396-69)", or heavier. 



4. "Franc" means the unit referred to in Article V, paragrapli 9 of 

 the Liability Convention. 



5. "Ship's tonnage" has the same meaning as in Article V, para- 

 graph 10, of the Liability Convention. 



8. "Ton", in relation to oil, means a metric ton. 



7. "Guarantor" moans any person providing insurance or other 

 financial security to cover an owner's lialnlity in pursuance of Arlicl© 

 VII, paragraph 1, of the Liability Convention. 



8. ^'Terminal itmtallation" menns any site for the stornge of oil in 

 bulk which is capable of receiving oil from walerborne trnnnportation, 

 including any facility situated off-shore and linked to such sito. 



9. Where an incident consists of a series of occurrences, it sludl be 

 treated as having occurred on the date of the first such occurrence. 



Article 2 



1. An TntornationnI Fund for coini)ensation for pollution daningo, 

 to be nan\c(l "The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund" 

 and horeinafter referred to us "The Fund", is hereby established with 

 the following aims: 



