(2) Each Contracting Government undertakes to supply the Organization with the pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations. No reports or recommendations of the Organization based upon such information shall disclose the identity or nationality of the ships concerned or in any manner fix or imply responsibility upon any ship or person.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL73/78)
Article 8, Reports on incidents involving harmful substances, provides:
(1) A report of an incident shall be made without delay to the fullest extent possible in accordance with the provisions of Protocol I to the present Convention.
(2) Each Party to the Convention shall:
.1 make all arrangements necessary for an appropriate officer or agency to receive and process all reports on incidents; and
.2 notify, the Organization with complete details of such arrangements for circulation to other Parties and member States of the Organization.
(3) Whenever a Party receives a report under the provisions of the present article, that Party shall relay the report without delay to:
.1 the Administration of the ship involved; and
.2 any other State which may be affected.
(4) Each Party to the Convention undertakes to issue instructions to its maritime inspection vessels and aircraft and to other appropriate services, to report to its authorities any incident referred to in Protocol I to the present Convention. That Party shall, if it considers it appropriate, report accordingly, to the Organization and to any other Party concerned.
Article 12, Casualties to ships, provides:
(1) Each Administration undertakes to conduct all investigation of any casualty occurring to any of its ships subject to the provisions of the Regulations if such a casualty has produced a major deleterious effect upon the marine environment.
(2) Each Party to the Convention undertakes to supply the Organization with information concerning the findings of such investigation, when it judges that such information may assist in determining what changes in the present Convention might be desirable.
