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Act On The Implementation Of Various International Conventions On Civil Liability For Pollution By Vessels, Materials Referred To In Article 77 Of The Constitution (1) (2).

Original Language Title: Loi portant exécution de Conventions internationales diverses en matière de responsabilité civile pour la pollution par les navires, concernant des matières visées à l'article 77 de la Constitution (1) (2)

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10 JANVIER 2013. - An Act to implement various international conventions on civil liability for pollution by ships, concerning substances referred to in section 77 of the Constitution (1) (2)



ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
Article 1er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 77 of the Constitution.
Art. 2. In the first paragraph of section 569 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of 11 April 1989, the 21st paragraph is replaced by the following:
"21° of claims for compensation based on the 1992 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and taking into account the provisions of paragraph 1er Article IX of this Convention; where, as a result of the same event of pollution damages occurred in part in the national territory, including the territorial sea, or the exclusive Belgian economic zone and partially in the territory, including the territorial sea, or an area referred to in Article II, a), ii) of the above-mentioned Convention of another State, the court is competent to hear actions in compensation for pollution damages that occurred in that State provided that the limitation fund against the claims "
Art. 3. Article 2 of the Act of 20 July 1976 approving and implementing the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, and the annex, made in Brussels on 29 November 1969, is repealed.
Promulgation of this law, let us order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Given in Brussels on 10 January 2013.
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of the North Sea,
J. VANDE LANOTTE
The Minister of Justice,
Ms. A. TURTELBOOM
Seal of the State Seal:
The Minister of Justice,
Ms. A. TURTELBOOM
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Notes
(1) Session 2011-2012.
House of Representatives:
Parliamentary documents. - Bill No. 53-2396/001.
(2) Session 2012-2013.
House of Representatives:
Parliamentary documents. - Report, No. 53-2396/002. - Text adopted in plenary and transmitted to the Senate, No. 53-2396/003.
Full report. - 28 and 29 November 2012.
Senate:
Parliamentary documents. - Project transmitted by the House of Representatives, No. 5-1862/1. - Report, No. 5-1862/2. - Text adopted in plenary and subject to Royal Assent, No. 5-1862/3.
Annales. - 13 December 2012.