The Federal Law removes the Russian Federation’s reservation clause, introduced after the Russian Federation joined the 1996 Protocol amending the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, with respect to paragraphs 1 (d) and 1 (e) of Article 2 of the Convention that limit liability on claims with respect to raising, removing, destroying or rendering harmless a ship which is sunk, wrecked, stranded or abandoned, including anything that is or has been on board such ship; and in respect of removing, destroying or rendering harmless the cargo of the ship.
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Law on removing the Russian Federation’s reservation clause with respect to applying paragraphs 1 (d) and 1 (e) of Article 2 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims
Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Removing the Reservation Clause of the Russian Federation with Respect to Applying Paragraphs 1 (d) and 1 (e) of Article 2 of the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and Repealing Paragraph 3 of the Federal Law On the Accession of the Russian Federation to the 1996 Protocol Amending the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims.