CMI Newsletter n° 1 - Comite Maritime International

CMI News 2012-1_1 2012 18/06/12 16.22 Pagina 12Definition of “ship” for the purpose of the FundConventionFollowing the debate on the Opinion by ProfessorLowe of the University of Oxford on this difficultquestion, referred to in our previous report andavailable on the IOPC Fund document serviceswebsite at IOPC/OCT11/4/4, the discussioncontinued at a session of the working group on thistopic under the Chairmanship of Ms Birgit SollingOlsen.The next formal meetings of the IOPC Fundgoverning bodies will take place on 15-19 October2012, with an additional session, if required, on 9-13July 2012.RICHARD SHAW ** CMI Observer Delegate.12