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load for the time during which the vessel stays in the SC or its lakes, including the two
entrances and their vicinity and also the port of Suez and its entrance and its vicinity.

b) This document shall remain good as long as there exist a possibility that damage may
occur as a result of the transit of the shipment, according to what SC will decide in this

respect.
c) Payment of compensation in all cases mentioned in paragraphs above shall be based on
the mere occurrence of a damage resulting from the load whether at present or in future.

It is sufficient that the mere occurrence of damage generates the right for compensation
without need for indicating the causes.

d) In case of any accident resulting from the transit of an atomic shipment or radioactive
substances of any kind, courts of the A.R.E. are solely and exclusively competent to

decide thereof on claims of damage compensation and all that may be connected with
the accident or its direct or indirect consequences.

The sentence shall be executed in any country and the insurance mentioned in these
regulations shall be a guarantee for the execution of the sentence rendered by A.R.E.
courts, without any other formalities.

e) Ship owners and/or operators whose vessels carry radioactive substances transiting the
Canal must undertake, in the country of registration of these vessels, all measures

ensuring that the government of such country shall respect the above prescriptions.
Art. 132 – Experts of the Atomic Energy Establishment A.E.E.:

(1) Experts of the A.E.E. may go on board to inspect and examine the load, make the
radioactive measures, make sure they are good and approve them before the vessel
(1)
enters the port, to take a decision on the following matters:
a) Loading, labeling packing stowage, segregation is in compliance with I.M.D.G. code

classes.
b) Handling of other goods inside and outside the vessel.

c) Transporting the radioactive load to another vessel or to shore.
d) Authorizing the vessel to make repairs in the port and take supplies.
(2) The A.E.E. experts may decide for safety requirement to accompany the load from the

moment it enters the territorial water of the A.R.E. till it leaves.
In such a case, the vessel’s Agent has to arrange with the vessel for ensuring their comfort

while aboard and Masters tender every assistance requested by the representatives of the
A.E.E. and those accompanying the load and comply with their advice concerning the
safety requirement of radioactive substances.

1 ) See Art. 77 p.68.

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