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c) persons on board the vessel other than its master,

members of the crew or the owner of the vessel.

liabilities

incurred as a

2. Disputes as regards the

result of the navigation and stay of vessels in the waters

of the coastal state concerned, if the subject matter of the

dispute does not affect the interests of the coastal state, its

juridical or natural persons, may be dealt with at the place of

the incident unless a treaty between the states under whose

flags the vessels navigate or an agreement between the parties

to the dispute provide otherwise.

3. Each Contracting State shall provide compensation to

satisfy claims arising out of decisions rendered by a court

of another Contracting State in civil proceedings relating to:

a) the use of a vessel owned or operated or fully

chartered by the former Contracting State; or

b) the transportation of passengers or cargoes by such

a vessel.

4. A vessel belonging to a Contracting State shall not

be arrested in the territory of another Contracting State in

connection with any civil proceedings referred to in

paragraph 3 above. This provision shall apply only if the

defendant designates his representative in the territory of the

latter Contracting State in the civil proceedings in question;

agreements between Contracting States may provide for another

procedure for dealing with civil matters.

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