This Protocol extends the application of the 1969 Liability Convention to contain the exclusive financial zone of a Contracting State established in accordance with international law, or if a Contracting State has not established such a zone, in an region beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of that State determined by that State in accordance with international law and extending not much more than 200 nautical miles from baseline from which the breadth of its territorial sea is measured (art. As soon as this Convention comes into force, the text shall be transmitted by the Secretary-Common to the Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and publication in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. They will need to acquire a certificate covering 1969 CLC liabilities from one more source in order to be permitted to enter the waters of States parties to the 1969 CLC.

The 1969 CLC entered into force in 1975 and lays down the principle of strict liability (i.e. liability even in the absence of fault) for tanker owners and creates a system of compulsory liability insurance coverage. Nothing in this Convention shall have an effect on the appropriate of the shipowner and the individual or persons giving insurance or other financial security to limit liability beneath any applicable national or international regime, such as the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, as amended. The judgment of the Court of appeal of Paris was appealed in cassation by … Read the rest >>>