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Art. 130 – Certificates and Declarations:

The Master of a vessel shall hand to the SCA’s representatives, on arrival, a list or manifest
or stowage plan for dangerous goods places in the vessel signed by the ship owners and/or

their representatives at the port of loading and including the following:
(1) Full and clear details concerning the goods, and mentioning its kind, quantity, weight,
etc. shall be furnished on declaration form to the Authority.

(2) Information in respect of goods of radioactive substances which do not require special
formalities and are excluded of the regulations concerning radioactive substances and

those concerning protection issued by the IAEA, must also be furnished to the Authority.
Such information must also be in the possession of the Master to be produced to the

SCA inspector on request.
Art. 131 – Compensation Warranty:

(1) The Master shall hand the following Warranty Documents to SCA. These documents are
to be kept by the Authority.

(2) In respect of substances of Group 1 Radioactive, the Master shall hand one of the two
following documents:

a) Either an insurance Policy issued by an approved protection and insurance organization
for a preliminary amount of twenty million U.S. Dollars with a guarantee certificate
issued by a recognized Atomic Energy Organization Establishment.

The SCA is entitled to request the increase of the insurance in any case when the
circumstances of any load require such an increase pursuant to a technical study by the

experts of A.E.E.
b) Or a full engagement (guarantee) with unlimited compensation amount from the

recognized exporting Atomic Energy Authority, accompanied by a guarantee certificate
issued by its government, covering the compensation.

The guarantee must also fulfill all legal conditions according to the laws of the
guaranteeing country and bind its government.
(3) In respect of substances of Group 2 Radioactive, the Master shall hand a certificate issued

by an official recognized Authority in charge of the protection and compensation of ship
owners against damage, and approved by SCA, this certificate must indemnify against

any compensation for all kind of damage due to the passage of the vessel.
(4) The following provisions must also be enforced:
a) The compensation guarantee document of whatever kind (documents - insurance

guarantee - engagements) must explicitly provide that the victims shall receive
compensation for all direct and indirect damage resulting from the radioactivity of the

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