The Offshore Pollution Liability Association Ltd

The Rules

On 8 December 2011 OPOL agreed to introduce new Rules with effect from 1 January 2012. The Rules in use as at December 2011 and the new Rules are each available below. Guidance about the Forms to use is provided in the Forms section of this web site.

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The Rules as at December 2011

The Rules as at 1 January 2012

The following is an outline of what will be found in the full PDF document for the Rules as at 1 January 2012

All the Forms that are available individually in the Forms section, are also included at the end of this PDF.

RULES OF THE OFFSHORE POLLUTION LIABILITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Part I	Definitions Parties to OPOL
Part II
	2.1	Application to become a Party
	2.2	Evidence of Financial Responsibility
	2.3	Consideration of an Application to become a Party
	2.4	Appeal against the Association’s Decision
	2.5	Maintenance of Evidence of Financial Responsibility
Part III	Notification by the Association
	3.1	Notification by the Association to States
Part IV	Notification of Incident and Claims Procedure
	4.1	Notification of Incident by Members
	4.2	Filing of Claims
	4.3	Claims under Clause III.2 of OPOL
Part V	Arbitration
	5.1	Arbitration
Part VI	Law
	6.1	Law
Part VII	Third Parties
	7.1	Third Parties

Appendix to Rules - Offshore Facilities to which OPOL is applicable.

All Forms