S Authority 160 Article 18. Penalties Article 19. Revision of contract Article 20. Transfer of rights and obligations Article 21 Applicable law Article 22 ANNEX IV. STATUTE OF THE ENTERPRISE 164 Article I 164 Article 2 Relationship to the Authority Article 3 Limitation of liability Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Powers anl 666666 nd functions of the Governing board .. 166 Article 7 General and staff of the Enterprise Article 8 Location 167 Article 9 Reports and financial statements Article 10 Allocation of net income 168 Article 11. Finances 168 rticle 12 Operations 170 Article 13 egal status, privileges and immunities ANNEX V CONCILIATION SECTION 1. CONCILIATION PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO SECTION I OF PART XV Article I nstitution of proceedings Article 2 List of conciliators Article 3 Constitution of conciliation commission Article 4 Article 5 Amicable settlement Article 6 Functions of the commission Article 7 Article 8 Termination Article 9 Fees and expenses Article 10. Right of parties to modify procedure SECTION 2. COMPULSORY SUBMISSION TO CONCILIATION PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF Article 11. Institution of proceedings article 12. Failure to reply or to submit to conciliation rticle 13 5555 Article 14. Application of section 5 ANNEX VI. STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL RIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SE eneral provisions
22 Article 17. Rules, regulations and procedures of the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Article 18. Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Article 19. Revision of contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Article 20. Transfer of rights and obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Article 21. Applicable law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Article 22. Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 ANNEX IV. STATUTE OF THE ENTERPRISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Article 1. Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Article 2. Relationship to the Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Article 3. Limitation of liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Article 4. Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Article 5. Governing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Article 6. Powers and functions of the Governing Board . . . 166 Article 7. Director-General and staff of the Enterprise . . . . . 167 Article 8. Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Article 9. Reports and financial statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Article 10. Allocation of net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Article 11. Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Article 12. Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Article 13. Legal status, privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . 171 ANNEX V. CONCILIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 SECTION 1. CONCILIATION PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 OF PART XV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Article 1. Institution of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Article 2. List of conciliators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Article 3. Constitution of conciliation commission . . . . . . . . 173 Article 4. Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Article 5. Amicable settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Article 6. Functions of the commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Article 7. Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Article 8. Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Article 9. Fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Article 10. Right of parties to modify procedure . . . . . . . . . . . 175 SECTION 2. COMPULSORY SUBMISSION TO CONCILIATION PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 OF PART XV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Article 11. Institution of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Article 12. Failure to reply or to submit to conciliation . . . . . . 175 Article 13. Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Article 14. Application of section 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 ANNEX VI. STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Article 1. General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
SECTION I ORGANIZATION OF THE TRIBUNAI Article 2 Article 3 Membership Article 4 Nominations and elections Article 5 Term of offi Article 6 Vacancies Article 7 Incompatible activities Article 8 Conditions relating to participation of members in a particular case 178 Article 9 Consequence of ceasing to fulfil required conditions Article 10. Privileges and immunities Article 1 lemn declaration by members Article 12. President, Vice-President and Registrar 77777 Article 13 Article 14. Seabed Disputes Chamber Article 15. Special chambers Article 16. Rules of the tribunal 180 Article 17. National ity of members Article 18. Remuneration of members l80 Article 19. Expenses of the Tribunal SECTION 2 COMPETENCE Article 20. Access to the tribunal cle 21 l81 cle 22 Reference of disputes subject to other agreements Article 23. Applicable law SeCtION 3. PROCEDURE Article 24 Article 25. Provisional measures Article 26. hearing Article 27 duct of case Article 28. Default Article 30. Judgment Article 31. Request to intervene Article 32 Right to intervene in cases of interpretation or Article 33. Finality and binding force of decisions 183 Article 34 Costs 184 SECTION 4. SEABED DISPUTES CHAMBER 184 Article 35. Composition 184 Article 36. Ad hoc chambers 184 Article 37 Access rticle 38 Applicable law Article 39. Enforcement of decisions of the chamber Article 40. Applicability of other sections of this Annex SECTION 5 AMENDMENTS
23 SECTION 1. ORGANIZATION OF THE TRIBUNAL . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Article 2. Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Article 3. Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Article 4. Nominations and elections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Article 5. Term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Article 6. Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Article 7. Incompatible activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Article 8. Conditions relating to participation of members in a particular case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Article 9. Consequence of ceasing to fulfil required conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Article 10. Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Article 11. Solemn declaration by members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Article 12. President, Vice-President and Registrar . . . . . . . . 179 Article 13. Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Article 14. Seabed Disputes Chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Article 15. Special chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Article 16. Rules of the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Article 17. Nationality of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Article 18. Remuneration of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Article 19. Expenses of the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 SECTION 2. COMPETENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Article 20. Access to the Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Article 21. Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Article 22 Reference of disputes subject to other agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Article 23. Applicable law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 SECTION 3. PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 24. Institution of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 25. Provisional measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 26. Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 27. Conduct of case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 28. Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Article 29. Majority for decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Article 30. Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Article 31. Request to intervene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Article 32 Right to intervene in cases of interpretation or application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Article 33. Finality and binding force of decisions . . . . . . . . . 183 Article 34. Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 SECTION 4. SEABED DISPUTES CHAMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Article 35. Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Article 36. Ad hoc chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Article 37. Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Article 38. Applicable law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Article 39. Enforcement of decisions of the Chamber . . . . . . . 185 Article 40. Applicability of other sections of this Annex . . . . . 185 SECTION 5. AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Article 41. Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
ANNEX VIL. ARBITRATION Article I Institution of proceeding Article 2 List of arbitrators Article 3 Constitution of arbitral tribunal Article 4 Functions of arbitral tribunal Article 5. Procedure 888878 Article 6 Duties of parties to a dispute rticle 7 Article 8. Required majority for decisions Article 9 Default of appearance Article 10 Award Article 11 of award Article 12. Interpretation or implementation of award ion to entities other than States Parties.. 189 ANNEX VIIL SPECIAL ARBITRATION Article I Institution of proceedings Article 2. Lists of experts Article 3 Constitution of special arbitral tribunal 190 Article 4 General provisions Article 5 Fact finding ANNEX IX. PARTICIPATION BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-TIONS Article 1. Use of terms Article 2 Article 3. Formal confirmation and accession Article 4 Extent of participation and Article 5. Declarations. notifications and communications .. 193 Article Responsibility and liability Article 7 Settlement of disputes Applicability of Part XVIl
24 ANNEX VII. ARBITRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Article 1. Institution of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Article 2. List of arbitrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Article 3. Constitution of arbitral tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Article 4. Functions of arbitral tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Article 5. Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Article 6. Duties of parties to a dispute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 7. Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 8. Required majority for decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 9. Default of appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 10. Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 11. Finality of award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Article 12. Interpretation or implementation of award . . . . . . 189 Article 13. Application to entities other than States Parties . . . 189 ANNEX VIII. SPECIAL ARBITRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Article 1. Institution of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Article 2. Lists of experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Article 3. Constitution of special arbitral tribunal . . . . . . . . . 190 Article 4. General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Article 5. Fact finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 ANNEX IX. PARTICIPATION BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-TIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Article 1. Use of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Article 2. Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Article 3. Formal confirmation and accession . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Article 4. Extent of participation and rights and obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Article 5. Declarations, notifications and communications . . 193 Article 6. Responsibility and liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Article 7. Settlement of disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Article 8. Applicability of Part XVII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Convention Prompted by the desire to settle, in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation, all issues relating to the law of the sea and aware of the historic significance of this Convention as an important contribution to the maintenance of peace, justice and progress for all peoples of the world, Noting that developments since the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the sea held at Geneva in 1958 and 1960 have accentuated the need for a new and generally acceptable Convention on the law of the sea, Conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated an eed to be considered as a whole Recognizing the desirability of establishing through this Convention with due regard for the sovereignty of all States, a legal order for the seas and oceans which will facilitate international communication, and will promote the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans, the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources, the conservation of their living resources, and the study protection and preservation of the marine environment eagizini n o ind st at the acitevemenet oa tihs gecas ic order wte ch takes into account the interests and needs of mankind as a whole and particular, the special interests and needs of developing countries, whether oast Desiring by this Convention to develop the principles embodied in resolution 2749(XXV)of 17 December 1970 in which the General Assembly of the United Nations solemnly declared inter alia that the area of the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as well as its resources, are the common heritage of mankind, the exploration and exploitation of which shall be carried out for the benefit of mankind as a whole, irrespective of the geographical location of Believing that the codification and progressive development of the law of the sea achieved in this Convention will contribute to the strengthening of peace, security, cooperation and friendly relations among all nations in conformity with the principles of justice and equal rights and will promote the economic and social advancement of all peoples of the world, in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations as set forth in the Charter Affirming that matters not regulated by this Convention continue to be governed by the rules and principles of general international law Have agreed as follows
25 PREAMBLE The States Parties to this Convention, Prompted by the desire to settle, in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation, all issues relating to the law of the sea and aware of the historic significance of this Convention as an important contribution to the maintenance of peace, justice and progress for all peoples of the world, Noting that developments since the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea held at Geneva in 1958 and 1960 have accentuated the need for a new and generally acceptable Convention on the law of the sea, Conscious that the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole, Recognizing the desirability of establishing through this Convention, with due regard for the sovereignty of all States, a legal order for the seas and oceans which will facilitate international communication, and will promote the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans, the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources, the conservation of their living resources, and the study, protection and preservation of the marine environment, Bearing in mind that the achievement of these goals will contribute to the realization of a just and equitable international economic order which takes into account the interests and needs of mankind as a whole and, in particular, the special interests and needs of developing countries, whether coastal or land-locked, Desiring by this Convention to develop the principles embodied in resolution 2749 (XXV) of 17 December 1970 in which the General Assembly of the United Nations solemnly declared inter alia that the area of the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as well as its resources, are the common heritage of mankind, the exploration and exploitation of which shall be carried out for the benefit of mankind as a whole, irrespective of the geographical location of States, Believing that the codification and progressive development of the law of the sea achieved in this Convention will contribute to the strengthening of peace, security, cooperation and friendly relations among all nations in conformity with the principles of justice and equal rights and will promote the economic and social advancement of all peoples of the world, in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations as set forth in the Charter, Affirming that matters not regulated by this Convention continue to be governed by the rules and principles of general international law, Have agreed as follows:
PART I INTRODUCTION article l Use of terms and scope 1. For the purposes of this Convention Area" means the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof. beyond the limits of national jurisdiction 2)Authority " means the International Seabed Authorit () activities in the Area"means all activities of exploration for and exploitation of, the resources of the Area (4)"pollution of the marine environment"means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment, including estuaries, which results or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine life, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including fishing and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities (5)(a)"dumping"means (i) any deliberate disposal of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea (ii) any deliberate disposal of vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea; (b)"dumping"does not include (i) the disposal of wastes or other matter incidental to, or derived from the normal operations of vessels rcraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea and their equipment, other than wastes or other matter transported by or to vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea, operating for the purpose of disposal of such matter or derived from he treatment of such wastes or other matter on such vessels, aircraft, platforms or structures (ii) placement of matter for a purpose other than the mere disposal thereof, provided that such placement is not contrary to the aims of this Convention 2.(1)"States Parties"means States which have consented to be bound by this Convention and for which this Convention is in force (2) This Convention applies mutatis mutandis to the entities referred to in article 305, paragraph I(b),(c), (d),(e)and(f), which become Parties to this convention in accordance with the conditions relevant to each and to that extent "States parties refers to those entities
26 PART I INTRODUCTION Article 1 Use of terms and scope 1. For the purposes of this Convention: (1) "Area" means the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction; (2) "Authority" means the International Seabed Authority; (3) "activities in the Area" means all activities of exploration for, and exploitation of, the resources of the Area; (4) "pollution of the marine environment" means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment, including estuaries, which results or is likely to result in such deleterious effects as harm to living resources and marine life, hazards to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including fishing and other legitimate uses of the sea, impairment of quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities; (5) (a) "dumping" means: (i) any deliberate disposal of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea; (ii) any deliberate disposal of vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea; (b) "dumping" does not include: (i) the disposal of wastes or other matter incidental to, or derived from the normal operations of vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea and their equipment, other than wastes or other matter transported by or to vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea, operating for the purpose of disposal of such matter or derived from the treatment of such wastes or other matter on such vessels, aircraft, platforms or structures; (ii) placement of matter for a purpose other than the mere disposal thereof, provided that such placement is not contrary to the aims of this Convention. 2. (1) "States Parties" means States which have consented to be bound by this Convention and for which this Convention is in force. (2) This Convention applies mutatis mutandis to the entities referred to in article 305, paragraph l(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), which become Parties to this Convention in accordance with the conditions relevant to each, and to that extent "States Parties" refers to those entities