An amount of 25,000 has been included for the settlement of third party liability claims.

Such a limit has been introduced recently in respect of reimbursements for death and disability benefits compensation and liability for third party claims.

Any Annex I _ Party liable on a claim made pursuant to this Article shall have a claim for contribution against another Annex I _ Party for the portion of the liability that is attributable to the performance or attempted performance by such other Annex I _ Party of its commitments referred to in paragraph 152.2.

Exhibit V

2. Liability 51 73 17

32.5 Any Annex I Party liable on a claim made pursuant to this Article shall have a claim for contribution against another Annex I Party for the portion of the liability that is attributable to the performance or attempted performance by such other Annex I Party of its commitments referred to in paragraph 1. (Venezuela et al)

The claimants in that report did not submit any claims for medical treatment costs.

Having received, in accordance with article 38 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure, the first report of the Panel of Commissioners appointed to review claims by Governments and international organizations (category quot F quot claims), covering eleven claims, The text of the report is attached hereto (document S AC.26 1997 6).

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE PANEL OF COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO REVIEW THE WELL BLOWOUT CONTROL CLAIM

It was suggested that it would be difficult to establish an adequate regime of liability in which the user of a certificate would have direct recourse against the certification authority.

Having received, in accordance with article 37 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S AC.26 1992 10), the fourth report of the Panel of Commissioners appointed to review individual claims for damages up to US 100,000 (category quot C quot claims), covering 71,703 individual claims,The text of the report is attached hereto (document S AC.26 1996 4).

Having received, in accordance with article 37 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S AC.26 1992 10), the fourth report of the Panel of Commissioners appointed to review individual claims for damages up to US 100,000 (category quot C quot claims), covering 71,703 individual claims,The text of the report is contained in document S AC.26 1996 4.

Having received, in accordance with article 37 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S AC.26 1992 10), the fifth report of the Panel of Commissioners appointed to review individual claims for damages up to US 100,000 (category quot C quot claims), covering 76,751 individual claims,The text of the report is attached hereto (document S AC.26 1997 1).

Claim preparers often attended interviews with claimants and frequently acted as interpreters.

Specific responsibilities borne by Governments include informing claimants of the criteria for compensation submitting claims to the Compensation Commission on behalf of their nationals affirming that there is no reason to believe that information stated in claim forms is incorrect distributing payments and providing reports to the Commission on the amounts of payments.

All of the individual Palestinian claims in this instalment have been determined by the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners to be eligible for inclusion in the late claims programme, since those claimants have established that they did not have a full and effective opportunity to file claims with the Commission within its regular filing period for individual claims.

J. Question of liability

Nature of liability

Limits of liability

(c) Aviation liability

(d) Demining liability.

Questions were raised concerning the nature of the liability of the certification authority, in particular whether such liability would be based on negligence or whether it would be defined as strict liability , a notion which was also referred to as objective liability or no fault liability .

The Panel finds that the category C claimant did not assert any losses additional to those previously claimed by the E4 claimant and did not provide any new evidence.

Upon receipt of a claim for real property, CRPC is responsible for determining who is the lawful owner and the value of the property.

A risk assessment for the foreign property and demining liability policies is required, as are a method for valuing Headquarters property and a strategy for managing the self insurance fund for liability claims.

Liability of the Tribunal

All of the individual Palestinian claims in this instalment have been determined by the Palestinian Panel of Commissioners to be eligible for inclusion in the late claims programme, since those claimants have established that they did not have a full and effective opportunity to file claims with the Commission within its regular filing period for individual claims.

32.4 A Party to the Convention asserting a claim pursuant to this Article shall submit its claim in writing to any Annex _ Party against whom it makes such claim within six years following the year for which the claim is made.

A Party to the Convention asserting a claim pursuant to this Article shall submit its claim in writing to any Annex _ Party against whom it makes such claim within six years following the year for which the claim is made.

As the D1 Panel is not mandated to review claims of corporate entities, these losses were severed from the category D claims, and transferred to category E4 .

A claim is materially deficient if the claimant has not asserted any identifiable loss type or indicated the amount of loss being claimed.

Minimum standard of liability

Iran, therefore, could have included these claim units in the submissions that it filed within these deadlines.

At times the claim preparers appeared to be more familiar with the claims than the claimants.

In the view of the Panel, this should involve the services of a qualified senior epidemiologist.

Having reviewed 40 claims submitted by the Government of the Philippines, one claim submitted by the Government of India and 20 claims submitted by the Government of Jordan, the secretariat confirms that they are, indeed, duplicates and should not have been awarded compensation.

Whether, and if so to what extent, any such claim by a government will succeed depends on the nature of the claim and the evidence produced to support it.

Of these claims, the Panel recommends awards of compensation for two claims, while no awards are recommended for the remaining 16 claims.

Models of existing liability and compensation regimes revealed that State liability was more of an exception than the rule.

Although the category D Panel (the D' Panel ) began its review of claims in 1996, the first five instalments of category D claims did not include any claims for business losses.

With respect to the claim for receivables, the Panel finds that the evidence adduced by the claimant in support of this component of the claim is insufficient to demonstrate the circumstances and quantum of any loss.

Third, the Panel must determine the amount of any compensable loss suffered by the claimant and recommend an award in respect thereof.

One claim in the sixth instalment was found to be a duplicate of a claim awarded compensation in the fifth instalment.

Recommendations for corrections to category A claims include the following kinds of corrections duplicate claims, higher to lower amounts, family to individual and change of submitting responsible entity.

Following a detailed review of pending and potential claims, it was determined that an amount of 2,551,600 would be sufficient to meet the potential liability, resulting in an unutilized balance of 2,948,400 under this heading.