Treaty

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

Date modified Regarding
09-12-2025 Party

Party

Denmark added

  • Faroes

14-12-2023 Party

Party

Slovakia added

  • Ratification: 21-11-2023 (A)
  • Reservations / Declarations: No
  • Objections: No

27-10-2023 Party

Party

France modified

  • Ratification: 23-10-2023 (R)

06-02-2023 New treaty

Party

Canada

  • Signature: 25-10-2011
  • Ratification: 23-04-2018 (R)
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    16-10-2018
    In accordance with paragraph 1 of article 5 of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010, the Convention does not apply to ships which do not exceed 200 gross tonnage, which carry hazardous and noxious substances only in packaged form and while they are engaged in voyages between ports or facilities of Canada.


Denmark

  • Signature: 14-04-2011
  • Ratification: 28-06-2018 (R)
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    28-06-2018
    Until further notice the Protocol shall not apply to the Faroe islands and Greenland.


Estonia

  • Ratification: 10-01-2022 (A)
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    10-01-2022
    The Republic of Estonia decided to make the following declarations: 1) In parts falling within the exclusive competence of the European Union, the Republic of Estonia accedes to the 2010 Protocol in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/769 on the ratification and accession by Member States, in the interest of the European Union, to 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, with the exception of the aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (OJ L 115, 4.5.2017, pp 15-17) and in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/770 on the ratification and accession by Member States, in the interest of the European Union, to 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, with regard to the aspects related to judicial cooperation in civil matters (OJ L 115, 4.5.2017, pp 18-21); 2) Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Croatia, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Latvia, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, France, the Republic of Sweden, Romania, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Hungary, shall be recognized and enforced in the Republic of Estonia in accordance with the relevant European Union rules on the subject. At the present, these rules are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ L 351, 20.12.2012, p. 1-32); 3) Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of the Kingdom of Denmark, shall be recognized and enforced in Estonia in accordance with the 2005 Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; 4) Judgments on matters covered by the Convention as amended by the Protocol of 2010, when given by a court of a third State bound by the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters of 30 October 2007, shall be recognized and enforced in Estonia in accordance with that Convention. 5) Pursuant to Article 5 (1) of the Convention as amended by the 2010 Protocol, the Republic of Estonia shall not apply the Convention to ships of less than 200 gross tonnage carrying only packaged hazardous and noxious substances and making voyages between its ports and facilities.


France

  • Signature: 25-10-2011

Germany

  • Signature: 25-10-2011

Greece

  • Signature: 25-10-2011

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

  • Signature: 25-10-2011

Norway

  • Signature: 25-10-2011
  • Ratification: 21-04-2017 (R)

South Africa

  • Ratification: 15-07-2019 (A)

Türkiye

  • Signature: 25-10-2011
  • Ratification: 23-04-2018 (R)
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    23-04-2018
    The Government of the Republic of Turkey declares that it will implement article 40 of the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996, modified by the present Protocol, only for the States Parties which it recognizes and has diplomatic relations with.