SURETY BOND CONTRACT MODEL FOR MARITIME SERVICE COMPANIES: ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN AQUATIC SPACES — CARGO FUMIGATION

I, ____________________, Venezuelan, of legal age, civilly competent, ____________________ by profession, holder of Identity Card No. ____________________, domiciled in ____________________, acting as representative or attorney-in-fact for the Mercantile Society (Banking or Insurance Entity), ________________________________________, registered in the Mercantile Registry of the Judicial District of the State of ____________________, under number ___, Volume ___, Protocol ___ dated ____________, as well as registered with the Superintendency of Insurance Activities under number ____ and being sufficiently empowered for this type of act, as evidenced by the power of attorney instrument authenticated before the ____________ Public Notary of ____________ Municipality under number ___, Volume ____ on ____________; which shall hereinafter be referred to as “THE COMPANY,” declare: I constitute my principal as joint and several guarantor and principal payer for the mercantile society ____________________ registered in the ____________________ Mercantile Registry of the Judicial District of ____________________, on ____________ under number ____, Volume ___, Protocol _____ and registered in the Fiscal Information Registry (RIF) under No. J-_________, hereinafter referred to as “THE GUARANTEED PARTY,” for up to the amount of Seven Thousand Euros (€7,000.00) or its equivalent in Bolívares according to the official average rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela dated ___________, to guarantee before the National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA), an entity attached to the Ministry of People’s Power for Transportation, hereinafter referred to as “THE CREDITOR,” to operate as Activities for the Prevention and Combat of Environmental Pollution in Aquatic Spaces, within the Aquatic Jurisdiction(s) of ________________________________________, with the purpose of endorsing the faithful, complete, and timely compliance by “THE GUARANTEED PARTY” of each and every one of the obligations arising against it and in favor of “THE CREDITOR,” whereby OBLIGATIONS DERIVED FROM MARITIME SERVICE COMPANIES ARE GUARANTEED, under the category of ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION AND COMBAT OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN AQUATIC SPACES, specifically in the activity of CARGO FUMIGATION, as provided for in Article 73, numerals 1 and 2, Article 74, numeral 9, and Article 102, numeral 4 of the Decree with Rank, Value, and Force of the Organic Law of Aquatic Spaces, in accordance with Article 240 of the Decree with Rank, Value, and Force of the Law of Marinas and Related Activities, Part 4, Regulation 4 of the SOLAS Convention, and the provisions of Administrative Ruling No. 068 dated August 16, 2024, issued by the National Institute of Aquatic Spaces. Likewise, it is established that this BOND shall have a validity of (1) one year, from ____________ until _____________, and may be renewed for periods of equal duration via an authenticated annex by “THE COMPANY”; once this period has elapsed, all liability of “THE COMPANY” shall cease. The City of Caracas, Capital District, is established as the special domicile for all effects of this contract. “THE COMPANY” expressly waives the benefits granted by Articles 1,833, 1,834, and 1,836 of the Venezuelan Civil Code. This bond was approved by the board of directors of the mercantile society ____________________, in its session dated _________________.