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Terms and Conditions of Membership(effective 20th February, 1999)1. Membership of The International TankerOwners Pollution Federation Limited(“ITOPF”) is subject to ITOPF’sMemorandum and Articles of Associationand to these Terms and Conditions, whichapply to all Owners who are Members ofITOPF as at 20th February, 1999, and toall Owners who thereafter are accepted forMembership. The Directors of ITOPF havethe right from time to time to add to ormodify these Terms and Conditions. Anysuch additions or modifications and theireffective date will be notified to Members.2. Membership of ITOPF is available only toan owner or demise charterer (“Owner”) ofa tanker, being any ship (whether or notself-propelled) designed, constructed oradapted for the carriage by water in bulk ofcrude petroleum, hydrocarbon productsand any other liquid substance (“Tanker”).3. A Member is required to notify ITOPF (orensure that ITOPF is notified) in writing fromtime to time of the name and tonnage ofTankers of which it is or becomes Ownerand in respect of which it wishes to beentitled to the services of ITOPF. A Memberwho is no longer the Owner of any Tankerwhose name and tonnage have been sonotified shall automatically cease to be aMember of ITOPF.4. Subject to these Terms and Conditions, aMember has the right to request ITOPF toprovide technical and other services, adviceand information (“Services”) in relation to:46a) a spill (or the threat thereof)from a Tanker, including on-siteattendance to give technical advice withthe aim of effecting an efficient responseoperation and mitigating any damage;b) the technical assessment of damagecaused by a spill from a Tanker;c) the technical assessment of claimsfor compensation resulting from a spill(or the threat thereof) from a Tanker;d) oil pollution contingency planning,response techniques, oil spill effects andcompensation for oil pollution damage;e) oil spill training courses, drills,exercises and similar events; andf) the provision of such of ITOPF’spublications as are for circulation toMembers and such other generalinformation and advice as is within thescope of ITOPF’s Services.5. It is a condition of entitlement to Servicesthat the Member’s ITOPF subscription hasbeen paid in respect of the current yearcommencing 20th February and for allprior periods of Membership, either directlyor by another body on the Member’sbehalf, and in respect of all Tankers notifiedpursuant to paragraph 3 of which theMember is the Owner.6. Although under no obligation to solicit orobtain such information, ITOPF reserves theright from time to time to request anyMember or its insurer to provide informationsatisfactory to ITOPF concerning theMembers’ pollution liability insurance cover.It is a condition of entitlement to Services thatany Member or its insurer of which such arequest is made will duly comply.7. ITOPF reserves the right to recover costsincurred in respect of the provision of anyServices from a Member, on whose behalfsuch costs are incurred. ITOPF will not
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