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the Director, decide that no action shall be taken or continued against 

 the contributor. 



Article 14 



1. Each Contracting State may at the time when it deposits its 

 instrument of ratification or accession or at any time thereafter declare 

 that it assumes itself obligations that are incumbent under this 

 Convention on any person who is liable to contribute to the Fund in 

 accordance with Article 10, paragraph 1, in respect of oil received 

 within the territory of that State. Such declaration shall be made in 

 writing and shall specify which obligations arc assumed. 



2. Where a declaration under paragraph 1 is made prior to the entry 

 into force of this Convention in accordance with Article 40, it shall 

 be dei)osite(l with the Secretary-General of the Organization who shall 

 after the entry into force of the Convention communicate the declara- 

 tion to the Director. 



3. A declaration under paragraph 1 which is nuule after the entry 

 into force of this Convention shall be doi)ositcd with the Director. 



4. A declaration made in accordance with this Article may be with- 

 drawn by the relevart State giving notice thereof in writing to the 

 Director. Such notification shall take effect three months after the 

 Director's receipt thereof. 



5. Any State which is bound by a declaration made under this 

 Article shall, in any proceedings brought against it before a comi)etent 

 court in respect of any obligation specified in the declaration, waive 

 any inununity that it would otherwise be entitled to invoke. 



Article 15 



1. Each Contracting State shall ensure that any person who receives 

 contributing oil within its territory in such quantities that he is 

 liable to contribute to the Fund appears on a list to be established and 

 kept up to date by the Director in accordance with the subsequent 

 provisions of this Article. 



2. For the purposes set out in paragraph 1, each Contracting State 

 shall conimimicate, at a time and in the manner to be prescribed in 

 the Internal Regulations, to the Director the name ancl address of 

 any person who in respect of that State is liable to contribute to the 

 Fu^nd pursuant to Article 10, as well as data on the relevant quantities 

 of contributing oil received by any such person during the preceding 

 calendar vear. 



3. For the purposes of ascertaining who are, at any given time, the 

 persons liable to contribute to the Fund in accordance with Article 

 10, paragraph 1, and of estabhshing, where applicable, the quantities 

 of oil to be taken into account for any such person when determining 

 the amount of liis contribution, the list shall be prima Jacie evidence 

 of the facts stated therein. 



Organization and Administration 



Article 16 



The Fvmd shall have an Assembly, a Secretariat headed by a Direc- 

 tor and, in accordance with the provisions of Article 21, an Executive 

 Committee. 



