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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME II

contracting State with regard to the United States of

America, provided that any measure imposed pursuant to

such reservation shall be applied on a non-discriminatory

basis.

(Text of the Reservation)

a.

If,

as

a

result

of

the

obligations

incurred

by

a

contracting State under this Agreement, any product

covered by this Agreement is being imported into the

territory of a contracting State in such relatively increased

quantities and under such conditions as to cause or

threaten serious injury to the domestic industry in that

territory producing like or directly competitive products,

the contracting State, under the conditions provided for

by paragraph 2 above, shall be free, in respect of such

product and to the extent and for such time as may be

necessary to prevent or remedy such injury to suspend, in

whole or in part, any obligation under this Agreement

with respect to such product.

b. Before any contracting State shall take action pursuant

to the provisions of paragraph (a) above, it shall give

notice in writing to the United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization as far in advance as

may be practicable and shall afford the Organization and

the

contracting

States

which

are

Parties

to

this

Agreement an opportunity to consult with it in respect of

the proposed action.

c. In critical circumstances where delay would cause

damage which it would be difficult to repair, action under

paragraph (a) above may be taken provisionally without

prior consultation, on the condition that consultation be

effected immediately after taking such action.

(Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Materials, [1950])

International Convention for the Safety

of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

June 17, 1960

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF

LIFE AT SEA *

ARTICLE I

(a) The Contracting Governments undertake to give effect

to the provisions of the present Convention and of the

Regulations annexed thereto, which shall be deemed to

constitute an integral part of the present Convention.

Every reference to the present Convention implies at the

same time a reference to these Regulations.

(b)

The

Contracting

Governments

undertake

to

promulgate all laws, decrees, orders and regulations and

to take all other steps which may be necessary to give the

present Convention full and complete effect, so as to

ensure that, from the point of view of safety of life, a ship

is fit for the service for which it is intended.

ARTICLE II

The ships to which the present Convention applies are

ships registered in countries the Governments of which

are Contracting Governments, and ships registered in

territories to which the present Convention is extended

under Article XIII.

ARTICLE III

Laws Regulations

The

Contracting

Governments

undertake

to

communicate

to

and

deposit

with

the

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization

(hereinafter called the Organization):

(a)

a

list

of

non-governmental

agencies

which

are

authorized to act in their behalf in the administration of

measures for safety of life at sea for circulation to the

Contracting Governments for the information of their

officers;

(b) the text of laws, decrees, orders and regulations which

shall have been promulgated on the various matters

within the scope of the present Convention;

(c) a sufficient number of specimens of their Certificates

issued under the provisions of the present Convention for

circulation

to

the

Contracting

Governments

for

the

information of their officers.

ARTICLE IV

Cases of "Force Majeure"

(a) No ship, which is not subject to the provisions of the

present Convention at the time of its departure on any

voyage, shall become subject to the provisions of the

present Convention on account of any deviation from its

intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other

cause of force majeure .

(b) Persons who are on board a ship by reason of force

majeure or in consequence of the obligation laid upon

the master to carry shipwrecked or other persons shall

not be taken into account for the purpose of ascertaining

the application to a ship of any provisions of the present

Convention.

ARTICLE V

Carriage of Persons in Emergency

(a) For the purpose of moving persons from any territory

in order to avoid a threat to the security of their lives a

Contracting Government may permit the carriage of a

larger number of persons in its ships than is otherwise

permissible under the present Convention.

(b) Such permission shall not deprive other Contracting

Governments of any right of control under the present

Convention over such ships which come within their

ports.

(c)

Notice

of

any such permission, together with a

statement of the circumstances, shall be sent to the

Organization by the Contracting Government granting

such permission.

ARTICLE VI

Suspension in the Case of War

(a) In case of war or other hostilities, a Contracting

Government which considers that it is affected, whether

as

a

belligerent

or

as a neutral, may suspend the

operation of the whole or any part of the Regulations

annexed

hereto.

The

suspending

Government

shall

immediately give notice of any such suspension to the

Organization.

(b) Such suspension shall not deprive other Contracting

Governments of any right of control under the present

Convention over the ships of the suspending Government

when such ships are within their ports.

(c)

The

suspending

Government

may

at

any

time

terminate such suspension and shall immediately give

notice of such termination to the Organization.

(d)

The

Organization

shall

notify

all

Contracting

Governments of any suspension or termination under this

Article.

ARTICLE VII

Prior Treaties and Conventions

(a) As between the Contracting Governments the present

Convention

replaces and abrogates the International

Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea which was signed

in London on 10 June 1948.

(b) All other treaties, conventions and arrangements

relating to safety of life at sea, or matters appertaining

thereto, at present in force between Governments parties

to the present Convention, shall continue to have full and

complete effect during the terms thereof as regards:

(i) ships to which the present Convention does not apply;

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