Examples of HNS Protocol in a sentence
In order to avoid a situation in which two conflicting regimes would become operational, States that decide to become Parties to the 2010 HNS Protocol must ensure that they deposit instruments only in respect of the Protocol, without any references to the 1996 HNS Convention (see resolution 3 of the International Conference of 2010 on the Revision of the HNS Convention).
The International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS Convention 1996, amended by the HNS Protocol in 2010), is modelled on the two tier compensation regime of the Civil Liability and Fund Conventions.
Should no action be taken at EU level to allow Member States to ratify or accede to the 2010 HNS Protocol for the last IMO liability convention to enter into force, a discrepancy in the international – 12 OJ L 339, 21.12.2007, p.
Once the HNS Protocol enters into force the HNS Convention will be renamed as “the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010”.
Not yet in force 13 In order to eliminate certain obstacles to the ratification of the 1996 HNS Convention, a number of provisions of the Convention have been amended by the 2010 HNS Protocol.
Should no action be taken at EU level to allow Member States to ratify or accede to the 2010 HNS Protocol for the last IMO liability convention to enter into force, a discrepancy in the international – and EU – liability regime for shipping activities will be crystallised at the expense of legal certainty and homogeneity of norms applicable to, inter alia, environmental damage arising from the carriage of HNS at sea.
These guidelines are solely intended to assist States interested in acceding to or ratifying the Protocol of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (2010 HNS Protocol).
They are, however, in no way binding on those States.Intended as general guidelines, this document primarily aims at facilitating States’ submission of contributing cargo data to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the purposes of article 20, paragraphs 4 and 6 of the 2010 HNS Protocol prior to its entry into force.In many States, an international treaty that has been ratified or acceded to by the Government automatically becomes part of their national law.
Implementing the Directive in the UK would complement the existing international regimes that require compulsory insurance (Bunkers and CLC Conventions) and, in due course, the implementation of the 2002 Athens Protocol, the 2010 HNS Protocol and the Wreck Removal Convention.
However, Contracting States must have this information available in order to calculate the total quantity of contributing cargo for each account.The rationale for such reporting requirements prior to entry into force is that the 2010 HNS Protocol has to be ratified or acceded to by at least twelve States in which potential contributors have received in the preceding year a total quantity of at least 40 million tonnes of cargo contributing to the general account.