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Decree No. 6.478 ratifying the 1969 International Covenant on the High-Seas intervention in case of Accidents with Oil Pollution and the 1973 Protocol on Non-Oil Pollutants.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
High seas Dispute settlement Oil pollution
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication.
Abstract

This Decree is composed of three articles and one Annex. It ratifies the International Covenant on the High-Seas intervention in case of Accidents with Oil Pollution signed in Brussels in 1969 and the Protocol referring to non-oil polluting substances, signed in London in 1973. The Annex provides the Portuguese translation of both texts.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.senado.gov.br