505 



(ho facts and fitulinp^s in (hal, jii(lfi;rncnt tuay nol, ho dispiitod hv (lie 

 Fund oven if tlio Ftnid has not acttnUI^^ intorv(?nod in the |)rocoo(iings. 



Article 8 



Suhject (,o any docision concorninii: tlio dis( rihiilion loforrod to in 

 Artirlo 4, panijrraph T), any judginont «;i\'on tii^ainst the h'und hy a 

 court liaving iurisdi((Jon in acconhuvco with Article 7, |)ami,n-aphs 1 

 and 3, shall, \\\um it has l)0(;oino onforcoahio in tho Stato of orij^in and 

 is in (hat S(ato no lonfz;or subject to ordinary forms of review, he 

 recoi^nized and onforcoahio in each Contrac(,in<j: S(,a(,o on the same 

 conditions as arc proscribed in Article X of the Jvial)ili(y Convention. 



Article 9 



1. Subject (o (ho provisions of Arti<'.le 5, tho Fund shall, in res|)eot 

 of anv amount of (compensation for pollution (lariui<>;o |))iid bv (die 

 Fund in accordance wi(.ii Ar(,i(;le 4, paragraph 1, of (Jiis (convention, 

 acquire by subro<i:a(ion (ho rights tha( (ho person so compensated niav 

 enjoy under the Liability Convention against the owner or his 

 guarantor. 



2. Nothin<j: in this Convention shall prejudice any right of recourse 

 or subrogation of tho Fund against persons other (Kan those referred 

 to in tho preceding i)aragraph. In any event the right of (ho Fund (,o 

 subrogation against such person shall not bo loss favourable (Jian (hat 

 of an insurer of tho person to whom comi)ensation or indemnification 

 has boon paid. 



3. Without prejudice to any other righ(,s of subrogation or recourse 

 against the Fund which may exist, a Con(Tacting State or agency 

 thereof which has j)aid compensation for [)ollution damage in acconl- 

 ancewith provisions of national law shall accpiirc by subiogation the 

 rights which the person so compensated would have enjoyed under 

 this Convention. 



Contributions 



Article 10 



1. Contributions to the Fimd shall 1)0 made in resj^oct of each Con- 

 tracting State by any j)erson who, in tho cah^ndar year referred to in 

 Article 11, paragraph 1, as regards initial contributions and in Article 

 12, para^ra|)hs 2 (a) or (b), as regards annual contributions, has 

 received in total quantities exceeding 150, ()()() tons: 



(a) in the j)or(,s or terminal installations in the territory of 

 that State contributing oil carried by sea to such ports or terminal 

 installations; and 



(b) in any installations situated in the territory of that Con- 

 tracting State contributing oil which has been carried by p.o,ii and 

 discharged in a port or (orminal instaihUion of a non-Contra(;(Jng 

 Stato, provided that coutribu(,ing oil shall only be taken into 

 account hy virtue of this sul)-])aragrai)h on first I'ocoipt in a 

 Omtracting State after its discharge m that non-Contracting 

 State. 



2, (a) For the purposes of i)aragraph 1, whore the quanti(y of 



