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Article 9 

 other treaties and interpretation 



(1) Upon its entry into force, the present Convention supersedes the 

 International 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 codifica- 

 tion and development of the law of the sea by the United Nations Con- 

 ference on the Law of the Sea convened pursuant to Resolution 2750 

 C(XXV) of the General Assembly of the United Nations nor the 

 present or future claims and legal views of an}^ State concerning the 

 law of the sea and the nature and extent of coastal and flag State juris- 

 diction. 



(3) The term "jurisdiction" in the present Convention shall be 

 construed in the light of international law in force at the time of ap- 

 plication or interpretation of the present Convention. 



Article 10 



settlement of disputes 



Any dispute between two or more Parties to the Convention con- 

 cerning the interpretation or application of the present Convention 

 shall, if settlement by negotiation between the Parties involved has 

 not been possible, and if these Parties do not otherwise agree, be sub- 

 mitted upon request of any of them to arbitration as set out in Protocol 

 II to the present Convention. [-] 



Article 11 



communication of information 



(1) The Parties to the Convention undertake to communicate to the 

 Organization : 



(a) the text of laws, orders, decrees and regulations and other 

 instruments which have been promulgated on the various mat- 

 ters 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, construc- 

 tion and equipment of ships carrying harmful substances in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of the Regulations ; 



(c) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificates issued 

 under the provisions of the Regulations ; 



(d) a list of reception facilities including their location, ca- 

 pacity 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 Conven- 

 tion ; and 



(f ) an annual statistical report, in a form standardized by the 

 Organization, of penalties actually imposed for infringement of 

 the present Convention. 



2 [Protocol II appears at page 610.] 



