Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

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“Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea”, published in 1968, is a work by . It explores elements such as salvage, salvors and remuneration.

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves the right to provide by legislation in their respective countries that the said periods shall be extended in cases where it has not been possible to arrest the vessel assisted or salved in the territorial waters of the State in which the plaintiff has his domicile or principal place of business.
Article 11
Every master is bound, so far as he can do so without serious danger to his vessel, her crew and passengers, to render assistance to everybody, even though an enemy, found at sea in danger of being lost. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ Assistance and salvage of seagoing vessels in danger, of any things on board, of freight and passage money, and also services of the same nature rendered to each other by seagoing vessels and vessels of inland navigation are subject to the following provisions, without any distinction being drawn between the two kinds of service and in whatever waters the services have been rendered.
Article 2
Every act of assistance or salvage which has had a useful result gives a right to equitable remuneration.
No remuneration is due if the services rendered have no beneficial result. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ A tug has no right to remuneration for assistance to or salvage of the vessel she is towing or of the vessel's cargo except where she has rendered exceptional services which can not be considered as rendered in fulfilment of the contract of towage. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ Salvors of human life who have taken part in the services rendered on the occasion of the accident, giving rise to salvage or assistance, are entitled to a fair share of the remuneration awarded to the salvors of the vessel, her cargo, and accessories. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ As regards persons interested who belong to a non-contracting State the application of said provisions may be made subject by each of the contracting States to the condition of reciprocity. 2. Where all the persons interested belong to the same State as the court trying the case, the provisions of the national law and not of the convention are applicable. 3. Without prejudice to any wider provisions of any national laws, article 11 only applies as between vessels belonging to the States of the High Contracting Parties. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ Article 3
Persons who have taken part in salvage operations, notwithstanding the express and reasonable prohibition on the part of the vessel to which services were rendered, have no right to any remuneration. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ In all cases, when it is proved that the consent of one of the parties is vitiated by fraud or concealment, or when the remuneration is, in proportion to the services rendered, in an excessive degree too large or too small, the agreement may be annulled or modified by the court at the request of the party affected. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ The President of the United States of Brazil:
Dr. Roderigo Octavio de Langgaard Menezes, Professor of the Free Faculty of Judicial and Social Sciences of Rio de Janeiro, Member of the Brazilian Academy.
The President of the Republic of Chile:
His Excellency F. Puga-Borne, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Chile near His Majesty the King of the Belgians.
The President of the Republic of Cuba:
Mr. Francisco Zayas y Alfonso, Minister Resident of the Republic of Cuba at Brussels. ”

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Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea (1968)

“ Mr. François Berlingieri, attorney at law, Professor of the University of Genoa.
Mr. François Mirelli, Councillor of the Court of Appeals of Naples.
Mr. César Vivante, Professor of the University of Rome. ”

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