Decision ID: 002952

In May 2004 the 1992 Fund Assembly noted that unlike the 1971 and 1992 Fund Conventions the Supplementary Fund Protocol provided (Article 15.2) that no compensation should be paid for oil pollution damage in a particular Member State until that Member State had fulfilled its obligations up to and including the year preceding the incident either to submit oil reports or to notify the Director of the Supplementary Fund that reports were not required under Article 15.1. The Assembly instructed the Director to examine further the conditions under which a Member State should be considered as having failed to comply with its obligations and to submit a proposal to the 1st session of the Supplementary Fund Assembly for provisions in this regard to be included in the Internal Regulations.