Decision ID: 000838

In October 1997 the 1971 Fund Executive Committee authorised the Director to make final settlement of all claims arising out of the incident, to the extent that the claims did not give rise to questions of principle that had not previously been decided by the Committee, provided that the claims related to pollution damage suffered in a 1971 Fund Member State or to measures taken to prevent or minimise pollution damage in such a State. However, in view of the uncertainty as to the total amount of the claims, the Committee decided that the Director was not authorised to make any payments for the time being.