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Article III
, T8 D$ n- o" |$ S9 B 1. The liability of the operator as regards one nuclear ship shall belimited to 1,500 million francs in respect of any one nuclear incidentnotwithstanding that the nuclear incident may have resulted from any faultor privity of that operator; such limit shall include neither any interestnor costs awarded by a court in actions for compensation under thisConvention.
0 v: ?) j2 b0 u1 H 2. The operator shall be required to maintain insurance, or otherfinancial security covering his liability for nuclear damage, in suchamount, of such type and in such terms as the licensing State shallspecify. The licensing State shall ensure the payment of claims forcompensation for nuclear damage established against the operator byproviding the necessary funds up to the limit laid down in paragraph 1 ofthis Article to the extent that the yield of the insurance or thefinancial security is inadequate to satisfy such claims.
1 J5 V; z" O+ k 3. However, nothing in paragraph 2 of this Article shall require anyContracting State or any of its constituent subdivisions, such as States,Republics or Cantons, to maintain insurance or other financial security tocover their liability as operators of nuclear ships.
! s6 Y' c9 n( `+ D$ D) ^0 [3 {$ \ 4. The franc mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article is a unit ofaccount constituted by sixty-five and one half milligrams of gold ofmillesimal fineness nine hundred. The amount awarded may be converted intoeach national currency in round figures. Conversion into nationalcurrencies other than gold shall be effected on the basis of their goldvalue at the date of payment.
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" y+ O' S" K' O8 P Whenever both nuclear damage and damage other than nuclear damage havebeen caused by a nuclear incident or jointly by a nuclear incident and oneor more other occurrences and the nuclear damage and such other damage arenot reasonably separable, the entire damage shall, for the purposes ofthis Convention, be deemed to be nuclear damage exclusively caused by thenuclear incident. However, where damage is caused jointly by a nuclearincident covered by this Convention and by an emission of ionizingradiation or by an emission of ionizing radiation in combination with thetoxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of the source of radiationnot covered by it, nothing in this Convention shall limit or otherwiseaffect the liability, either as regards the victims or by way of recourseor contribution, of any person who may be held liable in connection withthe emission of ionizing radiation or by the toxic, explosive or otherhazardous properties of the source of radiation not covered by thisConvention.6 H0 n& D6 l& ^. r7 A- n# K
Article V, ?$ ~3 _, a& U6 c& S& E& i
1. Rights of compensation under this Convention shall be extinguishedif an action is not brought within ten years from the date of the nuclearincident. If, however, under the law of the licensing State the liabilityof the operator is covered by insurance or other financial security orState indemnification for a period longer than ten years, the applicablenational law may provide that rights of compensation against the operatorshall only be extinguished after a period which may be longer than tenyears, but shall not be longer than the period for which his liability isso covered under the law of the licensing State. However, such extensionof the extinction period shall in no case affect the right of compensationunder this Convention of any person who has brought an action for loss oflife or personal injury against the operator before the expiry of theaforesaid period of ten years.
9 E# h2 n0 S/ a2 R7 e+ U/ f7 B/ E 2. Where nuclear damage is caused by nuclear fuel, radioactiveproducts or waste which were stolen, lost, jettisoned, or abandoned, theperiod established under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be computedfrom the date of the nuclear incident causing the nuclear damage, but theperiod shall in no case exceed a period of twenty years from the date ofthe theft, loss, jettison or abandonment.
" e. C# z4 t! O+ {+ H) N: U 3. The applicable national law may establish a period of extinction orprescription of not less than three years from the date on which theperson who claims to have suffered nuclear damage had knowledge or oughtreasonably to have had knowledge of the damage and of the personresponsible for the damage, provided that the period established underparagraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not be exceeded.
v) _' O) [+ `* [2 g( E2 V5 t 4. Any person who claims to have suffered nuclear damage and who hasbrought an action for compensation within the period applicable under thisArticle may amend his claim to take into account any aggravation of thedamage, even after the expiry of that period, provided that final judgmenthas not been entered. |