10th mandate of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET)
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14 January 2020
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30 January 2020
Improves the existing regime by requiring that significantly more compensation be made available to supplement that which is to be provided for under the Paris Convention.
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26 April 2022
Improves the existing regime by requiring that more money be made available to compensate more victims for a broader range of damages.
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26 April 2022
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29 January 2020
The Contracting Parties to the Paris and Brussels Supplementary Conventions have decided to organise a ceremony for the deposit of the instruments of ratification in December 2021, with the Protocols...
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16 July 2021
The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris Con...
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12 May 2023
Latest status of ratifications or accessions of the Brussels Supplementary Convention (BSC).
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30 January 2023
Full text of the Convention of 31st January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960, as amended by the additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th Novemb...
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12 April 2022
Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention meeting, 28 October 2021.
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3 November 2021
Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention meeting, 22 June 2020.
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1 July 2020
Statut des ratifications et adhésions à la Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris
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21 June 2022
Texte de la Convention du 31 janvier 1963 complémentaire à la Convention de Paris du 29 juillet 1960, amendée par le Protocole additionnel du 28 janvier 1964 et par le Protocole du 16 novembre 1982.
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12 April 2022
Convention du 29 juillet 1960 sur la responsabilité civile dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire, modifiée par le Protocole additionnel du 28 janvier 1964, par le Protocole du 16 novembre 1982 et pa...
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4 October 2022
État d’avancement des ratifications ou des adhésions à la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile nucléaire.
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4 April 2023
Aims to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation arising from Agency activities.
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30 January 2020
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27 April 2021
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30 June 2022
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9 June 2023
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28 January 2020
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28 January 2020
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30 November 2021
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28 January 2020
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28 January 2020
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28 January 2020
The disposal of long-lived radioactive waste in a deep geological repository (DGR) is a scientifically and technically credible solution that meets the need for long-term safety without reliance on a...
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13 September 2023
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2 April 2020
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2 April 2020
The Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy ("Security Control Convention") and the Protocol on the Tribunal established by the Security Control Conventio...
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12 January 2023
The Expert Group conducted an appraisal of existing studies and data on the economic costs of severe nuclear accidents that have occurred in civil nuclear energy.
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16 June 2020
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
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29 January 2020
1-page flyer of the 2017 Bratislava Workshop.
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21 January 2020
2-page flyer of the 4th International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8-10 October 2019.
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21 January 2020
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10 October 2019
Lisbon, Portugal
The Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident aims to explore the practical application of the international nuclear third party liability inst...
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21 January 2020
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11 August 2020
The Fourth International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, 8‑10 October 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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18 November 2019
The Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in close co-operation with the French authorities, was held in Paris from...
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12 March 2003
The Second International Workshop on the Indemnification of Nuclear Damage was held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, from 18 to 20 May 2005. The workshop was co-organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Ag...
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12 July 2006
The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 heightened awareness of the need to improve the international legal framework governing the safe and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Numerou...
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17 July 2006
This publication commemorates the International School of Nuclear Law which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010. The purpose of the publication is to provide an overview of the international ...
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26 July 2010
Following the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, extraordinary efforts were undertaken in Japan to implement a compensation scheme for the proper and efficient indemnification of t...
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31 December 2013
Acts as a bridge between the Paris and Vienna Conventions, effectively extending the benefits provided by one convention to victims in countries that have joined the other convention.
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12 April 2022
Full text of the Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.
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26 April 2022
Cette publication commémore l’École internationale de droit nucléaire qui célèbre son 10e anniversaire en 2010. L’objectif de la publication est d’offrir une vue d’ensemble des instruments internatio...
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30 July 2010
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6 December 2006
4-page leaflet on the 2017 Bratislava Workshop.
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21 January 2020
This book describes the legal regime established to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear accident and the reappraisal of that regime following the Chernobyl disaster. It focuses particularly on the i...
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1 January 1994
This study constitutes an initial analysis, at an international level, of the institutional aspects of the long-term management of radioactive waste and may be added to the numerous scientific and te...
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1 January 1984
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11 February 2022
The Symposium on Nuclear Accidents: Liabilities and Guarantees, organised by the NEA in collaboration with the IAEA, took place in Helsinki, from 31 August to 3 September 1992. The meeting discussed ...
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1 January 1993
The NEA gathered nuclear law experts for meetings in June 2023.
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26 June 2023
Most countries with a nuclear energy programme have adopted special liability and compensation legislation to ensure that third parties that suffer nuclear damage caused by a nuclear incident have ac...
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8 July 2020
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21 December 2020
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.
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21 April 2022
The Symposium on Nuclear Third Party Liability and Insurance: Status and Prospects, organised jointly by the NEA and the IAEA, took place in Munich from 10 to 14 September 1984. The purpose of the me...
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1 January 1985
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29 January 2020
The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...
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30 March 2023
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1 January 1989
Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability.
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4 April 2023
Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28 January 1964, by the Protocol of 16 November 1982 and by the Protocol o...
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4 October 2022
Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law examines the various interrelated legal issues for the safe, efficient and secure use of nuclear energy. It provides an overview of the complex bo...
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4 September 2023
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21 January 2020
Final version of the programme of the Workshop organised in Lisbon on 8-10 October 2019 by the NEA Office of Legal Counsel in co-operation with the Instituto Superior Tecnico and the Faculty of Law o...
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21 January 2020
The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Liability and Transport (WPNLT) held a virtual workshop on “The Qualification of Nuclear Substances and Nuclear Liability” on 29-30 March 2021.
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31 March 2021
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29 January 2020
English text of the procès-verbal of rectification of the Italian text of the 2004 Protocol to Amend the Paris Convention.
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29 January 2020
French text of the procès-verbal of rectification of the Italian text ofthe 2004 Protocol to Amend the Paris Convention.
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29 January 2020
The International Symposium on the Reform of Civil Nuclear Liability, organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the European Commissi...
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1 January 2000
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1 January 1994
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7 April 2020
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (English version)
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28 June 2022
Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (French version)
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28 June 2022
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30 June 2022
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28 June 2022
Texte révisé de l'Exposé des Motifs, approuvé par le Conseil de l'OCDE le 16 novembre 1982.
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15 July 2020
10th mandate of the European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET)
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4 March 2020
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20 October 2017
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
The Third International Workshop on the Indemnification of Damage in the Event of a Nuclear Accident aims to explore the practical application of international nuclear liability instruments and the p...
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20 October 2017
This study reviews national legislation in the field of third party liability for nuclear damage. It is divided into three parts. The first part covers the international Conventions on Nuclear Third ...
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1 January 1990
The symposium was held in Monaco on 7-11 October 1968. It discussed the third party liability rules deriving from maritime and nuclear conventions, as well as the practical positions as regards the m...
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1 January 1968
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7 February 2022
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7 February 2022
Photo: ShutterStock/Duncan Andison.
The workshop was held at the International Energy Agency (IEA) Headquarters in Paris on 10-11 December 2013, and gathered nearly 75 invited experts from 14 NEA m...
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10 December 2013
