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Presidential Decree No. 197 ratifying the Protocol of 1992 to amend the international Convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage, 1969 and arranging other matters related thereto.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 106, Part I, 13 June 1995, pp. 3741-3752.
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Oil pollution Liability/compensation Polluter pays principle Pollution control Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental fees/charges
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

With the present Decree the Protocol of 1992, to amend the international Convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage of 1969, is ratified. The 1992 Protocol establishes higher limits of liability and widens the scope of the Convention to cover pollution damage caused in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or equivalent area of a State Party. The Protocol covers pollution damage as before but environmental damage compensation is limited to costs incurred for reasonable measures to reinstate the contaminated environment. It also allows expenses incurred for preventive measures to be recovered even when no spill of oil occurs, provided there was grave and imminent threat of pollution damage. The compensation limits were set as follows: for a ship not exceeding 5,000 gross tonnage, liability is limited to 3 million units of account; for a ship 5,000 to 140,000 gross tonnage, liability is limited to 3 million units of account plus 420 units of account for each additional unit of tonnage. For a ship over 140,000 gross tonnage, liability is limited to 59.7 million unit of tonnage.

Full text
Greek
Website
www.et.gr

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 314 ratifying the international Convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage and arranging other matters related thereto.

Legislation | Greece | 1976

Keyword: Marine pollution, Oil pollution, Liability/compensation, Polluter pays principle, Pollution control, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental fees/charges

Source: FAO, FAOLEX