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1 Introduction |
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1.1 Background for This Book |
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1.2 Objective of This Book |
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8 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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2 Offshore-Related Damage: Facts and Figures |
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12 | (56) |
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2.1 General Issues Concerning Offshore Activities |
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2.1.1 Terminology in Offshore Activities |
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2.1.2 Industry Structure of Offshore Activities |
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2.1.4 Importance of Offshore Activities |
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2.2 Location of Installations and Facilities in the European Union |
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2.2.1 General Information |
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2.2.2 Offshore Interests in the North Sea |
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2.2.3 Offshore Interests in the Mediterranean Sea |
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2.3 Overview of Major Offshore Accidents |
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2.3.1 Sources of Information |
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2.3.1.1 Worldwide Database |
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2.3.1.2 National Regulatory Authorities |
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2.3.1.3 Regional Database |
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2.3.1.4 Industry Database |
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2.3.1.5 Observation from Available Data |
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2.3.2 Overview of Serious Accidents Involving Offshore Facilities |
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2.4 Analysis of Recent Offshore Accidents in Europe: Case Studies |
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2.4.1 Gulfaks C Incident (19 May 2010): A Near Miss |
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2.4.2 Valhall PCP Production Platform Fire (13 July 2011) |
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2.4.3 Escape of Hydrocarbons at Ula Field Norway (12 September 2012) |
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2.4.4 Gannet Alpha Oil Spill (10 August 2011) |
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2.4.5 Elgin Platform Blowout (26 March 2012) |
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2.5 Analysis of Recent Offshore Accidents Outside EU Waters |
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2.5.1.1 Facts of the Incident |
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2.5.1.2 Trans-Boundary Complaints from Indonesia |
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2.5.2.1 Facts of the Incident and Legal Issues |
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49 | (4) |
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2.5.2.2 Overview of Legal Proceedings |
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2.5.2.3 Post-Macondo Responses |
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57 | (1) |
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2.5.3 More Accidents in 2015 |
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58 | (1) |
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2.5.3.1 Petrobras Brazil Offshore Explosion |
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58 | (1) |
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2.5.3.2 Pemex Mexico Offshore Accidents |
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59 | (1) |
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2.5.4 Risk of a Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the European Union? |
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2.5.4.1 Different Depths and Pressures |
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59 | (1) |
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2.5.4.2 Concerns after Macondo |
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2.5.4.3 Expert Evaluation |
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61 | (3) |
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2.5.4.4 Limits of Expert Opinion |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (2) |
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3 Analysis of Existing Legal Regimes |
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3.2 International Legal Framework |
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3.2.1 The Civil Liability Convention and the Fund Convention |
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3.2.1.1 The Civil Liability Convention |
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3.2.1.2 Compensation Funds in the International Regime |
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3.2.1.3 Voluntary Mechanisms |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (2) |
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3.2.4 The OPRC Convention |
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84 | (1) |
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3.2.5 Ongoing Discussion at the IMO |
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85 | (1) |
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3.3 Offshore Liability Regimes |
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86 | (5) |
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3.3.1 Regional Arrangements |
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3.3.2 North-East Atlantic Ocean (North Sea) |
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3.3.2.1 The OSPAR Convention |
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3.3.2.2 The Nordic Convention |
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3.3.3 The Mediterranean Sea |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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3.3.6 Summary of the Regional Seas Arrangements |
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91 | (1) |
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3.4 Current EU Regime on Offshore Activities |
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3.4.1 EU Interest in Offshore Activities |
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3.4.2 Council Directive 92/91 EEC |
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3.4.3 Hydrocarbons Licensing Directive 1994 (94/22/EC) |
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3.4.4 The Marine Strategy Framework Directive |
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3.4.5 Communication of 2010 |
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93 | (1) |
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3.4.6 Directive on Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations |
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94 | (3) |
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3.5 Offshore Liability Regimes: Country Studies |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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3.5.2.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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98 | (1) |
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3.5.2.3 Basis of Liability |
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103 | (1) |
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3.5.2.4 Relationship with Regulation |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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3.5.2.6 Attribution of Liability |
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105 | (1) |
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3.5.2.7 Damages and Remedies |
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105 | (2) |
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3.5.2.8 Amount of Compensation |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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3.5.2.10 Compensation Mechanisms |
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109 | (6) |
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3.5.3.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
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3.5.3.3 Basis of Liability |
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119 | (1) |
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3.5.3.4 Relationship with Regulation |
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120 | (1) |
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3.5.3.6 Attribution of Liability |
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121 | (1) |
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3.5.3.7 Damages and Remedies |
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122 | (1) |
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3.5.3.8 Amount of Compensation |
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123 | (1) |
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3.5.3.10 Compensation Mechanisms |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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3.5.4.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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3.5.4.3 Basis of Liability |
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128 | (1) |
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3.5.4.4 Relationship with Regulation |
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129 | (1) |
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3.5.4.5 Attribution of Liability |
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129 | (1) |
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3.5.4.6 Damages and Remedies |
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129 | (1) |
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3.5.4.7 Compensation Mechanisms |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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3.5.5.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (5) |
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3.5.5.3 Basis of Liability |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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3.5.5.6 Attribution of Liability |
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138 | (1) |
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3.5.5.7 Damages and Remedies |
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139 | (2) |
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3.5.5.8 Amount of Compensation |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (2) |
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3.5.5.10 Compensation Mechanisms |
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146 | (7) |
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3.5.5.11 Jurisdictional Issues |
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153 | (1) |
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3.5.5.12 Criminal Liability |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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3.5.6.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (3) |
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3.5.6.3 Basis of Liability |
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158 | (2) |
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3.5.6.4 Relationship with Regulation |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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3.5.6.6 Attribution of Liability |
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160 | (1) |
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3.5.6.7 Damages and Remedies |
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161 | (1) |
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3.5.6.8 Amount of Compensation |
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161 | (1) |
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3.5.6.9 Compensation Mechanisms |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (1) |
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3.5.7.1 National Interest in Offshore Activities |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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3.5.7.3 Basis of Liability |
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164 | (1) |
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3.5.7.4 Attribution of Liability |
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164 | (1) |
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3.5.7.5 Damages and Remedies |
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164 | (1) |
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3.5.7.6 Amount of Compensation |
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165 | (1) |
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3.5.7.7 Applicability in Time |
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165 | (1) |
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3.5.7.8 Compensation Mechanisms |
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166 | (1) |
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3.5.8 Comparative Analysis |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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3.5.8.2 Comparison of Legislation |
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167 | (1) |
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3.5.8.3 Comparative Comments |
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167 | (4) |
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3.6 Another High-Risk Sector: Nuclear |
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171 | (24) |
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3.6.1 International Compensation System for Nuclear Damage |
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172 | (1) |
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3.6.1.1 Origin of the International Regime |
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172 | (1) |
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3.6.1.2 First-Generation Nuclear Liability Conventions |
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173 | (5) |
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3.6.1.3 Second-Generation Nuclear Liability Conventions |
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178 | (4) |
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3.6.2 The Compensation System for Nuclear Damage in the United States |
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182 | (1) |
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3.6.2.1 Liability for Nuclear Damage |
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183 | (4) |
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3.6.2.2 The Requirement of Financial Protection |
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187 | (3) |
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3.6.2.3 Compensation under the Convention on Supplementary Compensation |
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190 | (1) |
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3.6.3 Critical Comparison |
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191 | (4) |
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3.7 Concluding Observations |
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195 | (2) |
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4 Pooling Mechanisms for Offshore Liability |
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197 | (39) |
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4.1 Theory: Pooling versus Insurance |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (9) |
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202 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Rules and Membership |
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203 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Financial Responsibility |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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210 | (4) |
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211 | (2) |
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4.4 Protection and Indemnity Clubs |
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214 | (3) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (1) |
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4.5 Risk Pooling in the Nuclear Sector |
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217 | (12) |
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4.5.1 Risk Pooling in the Price-Anderson Act |
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218 | (1) |
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4.5.1.1 A Second Tier of Compensation |
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4.5.1.2 Collectively Financed Through Retrospective Premiums |
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219 | (1) |
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4.5.2 The Mutual Pool for Property Damage in the United States |
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220 | (1) |
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4.5.3 Mutual Nuclear Pools in Europe |
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221 | (2) |
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4.5.4 Nuclear Liability and Pooling System in Germany |
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223 | (4) |
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4.5.5 Towards a European Pool for Nuclear Liability? |
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227 | (2) |
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4.6 Concluding Observations |
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229 | (7) |
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4.6.1 Advantages of Pooling |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (1) |
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4.6.4 Risk Sharing for Vessel-Based Pollution |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (2) |
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5 The Use of Financial Market Instruments to Cover Liability Following a Major Offshore Accident |
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236 | (30) |
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237 | (5) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (2) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (15) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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5.4.2.1 Stakeholders in the Insurance Market (Major Insurance/Re-Insurance Providers) |
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248 | (2) |
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5.4.2.2 Structure of Coverage of Offshore Insurance |
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250 | (2) |
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5.4.2.3 Available Insurance Amount |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (2) |
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5.4.2.5 Calculation of Premiums |
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257 | (1) |
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5.4.2.6 Influence of the Deepwater Horizon Incident on the Insurance Industry |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (2) |
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6 Potential of Financial and Insurance Instruments to Cover Liability Following a Major Offshore Accident |
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266 | (37) |
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6.1 Potential Costs of an Offshore Incident |
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267 | (9) |
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6.1.1 Potential Costs and Verifications |
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268 | (1) |
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6.1.1.1 Safety Regulation |
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269 | (1) |
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6.1.1.2 Technical Differences in Different Waters |
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269 | (2) |
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6.1.1.3 Differences in Operators |
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271 | (1) |
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6.1.1.4 Different Liability Standards |
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271 | (2) |
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6.1.2 Insolvency Risk and Different Scenarios |
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273 | (3) |
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6.2 Self-Guarantee Through Tax |
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276 | (1) |
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6.3 Expanding Possibility of Insurance? |
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277 | (12) |
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6.3.1 Mandatory Insurance and Increasing Coverage? |
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277 | (3) |
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6.3.2 Proposal of Munich Re-Insurance |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (3) |
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6.3.2.2 Stakeholders Assessment |
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283 | (1) |
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6.3.2.3 Reaction by Munich Re |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Cover for Vessel-Based Pollution |
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286 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Developments in the Coverage of Nuclear Risk |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (1) |
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6.4 Potential of Expanding Risk-Pooling Schemes |
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289 | (12) |
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6.4.1 Expanding OIL and OCIL |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (2) |
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6.4.3 Noble Energy Proposal |
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293 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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6.4.3.2 Contents of the Proposal |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (1) |
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6.4.3.4 Reactions from Stakeholders |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (2) |
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7 Towards Optimal Liability and Compensation for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities |
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303 | (80) |
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7.1 Principles of Efficient Compensation and Liability Rules |
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304 | (4) |
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305 | (1) |
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7.1.2 Principles of Efficient and Fair Compensation |
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306 | (2) |
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7.2 Efficient Liability Rules |
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308 | (11) |
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7.2.1 Strict liability or Negligence? |
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308 | (1) |
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7.2.1.2 Application to Offshore-Related Risks |
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312 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Attribution of Liability |
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313 | (1) |
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7.2.2.1 Channelling of Liability |
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313 | (3) |
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7.2.2.2 Joint and Several Liability |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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7.3 Liability versus Regulation |
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319 | (12) |
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7.3.1 Criteria for Safety Regulation |
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319 | (1) |
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7.3.1.1 Information Asymmetry as a Criterion for Regulatory Intervention |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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7.3.1.3 The Threat of a Liability Suit |
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321 | (1) |
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7.3.2 The Need to Regulate Offshore-Related Risks |
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322 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Private or Public Regulation? |
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324 | (2) |
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7.3.4 Liability and Regulation Combined |
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326 | (2) |
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7.3.5 Stakeholder Assessment |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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7.4 Mandatory Financial Security |
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331 | (8) |
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7.4.1 Criteria for Mandatory Financial Security |
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331 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Application to Offshore-Related Risks |
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332 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Stakeholder Assessment in the European Union |
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333 | (2) |
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7.4.4 (European) Policy Issues |
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335 | (3) |
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338 | (1) |
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7.5 Compensation Instrument |
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339 | (20) |
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7.5.1 Self-Guarantee Through Taxes |
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339 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Mandatory Insurance and the Munich Re Proposal |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (2) |
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7.5.4 A Role for Government in Providing Compensation? |
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343 | (1) |
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7.5.4.1 Direct Compensation by Government? |
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343 | (1) |
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7.5.4.2 Arguments in Favour |
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343 | (1) |
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7.5.4.3 Arguments Against |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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7.5.5 Re-Insurer of Last Resort? |
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346 | (1) |
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7.5.5.1 Arguments in Favour |
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346 | (1) |
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7.5.5.2 Arguments Against |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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7.5.6 A Compensation Fund? |
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349 | (1) |
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7.5.6.1 Funds versus Insurance |
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349 | (2) |
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7.5.6.2 Economic Principles to Shape a Fund |
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351 | (1) |
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7.5.6.3 Experiences with Environmental Funds |
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352 | (4) |
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7.5.6.4 A Fund for Offshore-Related Risks? Stakeholder Opinions |
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356 | (3) |
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7.6 Rapid Claims Management |
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359 | (17) |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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7.6.1.3 The Civil Liability and Fund Conventions |
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361 | (2) |
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7.6.1.4 Claims Settlement in the Deepwater Horizon Case |
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363 | (6) |
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369 | (1) |
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7.6.2.1 Need for a Mechanism |
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369 | (2) |
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7.6.2.2 Compensation Funds |
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371 | (1) |
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7.6.2.3 Stimulate Rapid Payment within Liability Law |
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372 | (1) |
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372 | (2) |
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374 | (2) |
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376 | (3) |
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379 | (4) |
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7.8.1 Scenario 1: Damage Maximum US$250 Million |
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379 | (1) |
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7.8.2 Scenario 2: Damage between US$250 Million and US$750 Million |
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380 | (1) |
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7.8.3 Scenario 3: Damage above US$750 Million |
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381 | (2) |
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383 | (5) |
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383 | (1) |
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8.2 Efficient Liability Rules |
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384 | (1) |
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8.3 Mandatory Financial Security |
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385 | (1) |
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8.4 A Role for Government? |
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386 | (1) |
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8.5 Rapid Claims Mechanism |
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387 | (1) |
References |
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388 | (18) |
Appendix 1 Overview of Interviews with Stakeholders |
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406 | (2) |
Appendix 2 Checklist for Country Studies |
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408 | (4) |
Appendix 3 Oil Pollution Act Liability Limits, 2012 |
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412 | (19) |
Index |
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