Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage - Parties to the Supplementary Fund Protocol
Steamship Mutual
Published: August 09, 2010
June 2006
Liability and compensation regimes for oil pollution incidents are covered by the 1992 Protocols (updated by the 2000 Protocols) to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971, as well as the 2003 Protocol on the Establishment of a Supplementary Fund for Oil Pollution Damage.
With effect from 8th September 2006 the United Kingdom becomes the 19th state to have ratified the Supplementary Fund Protocol. A list of member states to the Supplementary Fund Protocol together with other information about the International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Funds generally can be found on the IOPC Fund website.
Related Steamship Mutual website articles:
Developments in the CLC/Fund Conventions
Increasing Compensation for Damage from Oil Pollution - Sharing the Burden
Small Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement (STOPIA)
