Decisión nº: 000195

In October 1992 the 1971 Fund Executive Committee instructed the Director to study the findings of the Panel of Enquiry carrying out the investigation into the cause of the incident, to continue to follow the criminal investigations in Italy and to examine the possibilities under Italian law for the Fund to have access to any documents or other evidence which could be useful for the Fund for the purpose of deciding whether the Fund should take legal action to break the shipowner’s right of limitation and legal action against other persons for the purpose of recovering any amount which the Fund might have to pay in compensation or indeminification.