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Issues on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damages from Ships

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (Bunkers Convention), 2001, entered into force on 21st November 2008, after Sierra Leone adopted it as the last of the required 18 states. It covers the international regime of liability for pollution from bunker spills from all types of ships, thus fulfilling the gap of the Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1992), as amended, which only concerned the oil pollution caused by tankers. The paper describes its background and elaborates the differences between regulations of these Conventions, e.g. the differences in definitions, distinction regarding the limitation of liability and provisions regarding the compulsory insurance. The authors analyzed the implications caused by implementation of the Bunkers Convention in the Adriatic region, especially for the Republic of Croatia, the environmental importance thereof and emphasized the necessity of common approach by neighbouring States in its enforcement and promotion in favour of environmental safeguard of the Adriatic Sea.

pollution damages; ship; bunker oil; civil liability

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