New York 5 May 2016   Report on Legal Framework for Civil Liability for Vessel Source Oil Spills in Polar Regions LARS ROSENBERG OVERBY.

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New York 5 May 2016   Report on Legal Framework for Civil Liability for Vessel Source Oil Spills in Polar Regions LARS ROSENBERG OVERBY

THE REPORT The CMI Polar Shipping IWG decided to initiate the work in June 2014 Scope: A study of the issues that can be expected to arise following vessel source pollution damage in polar regions (the Arctic and Antarctica). All types of vessels but not E&P The legal infrastructure in the regions including interaction of various rules The impact of the likely high costs of response measures The effect of limited capability to respond to oil spills; including disposal of recovered oil and other practicalities The possibility of trans-frontier pollution The application of certain special features in the CLC 1992 and IOPC Funds framework such as the concept of “reasonableness”  

THE REPORT Summary: The report explores these issues by describing the international regimes for compensation, limitation and liability with reference to the Polar context, and applicable national law with regard to environmental protection, emergency response and liability applicable to Polar Regions. Further, the report explores any potential gaps that may exist with regard to compensation and liability regimes in the event of pollution damage and the resources needed to respond to such an event in these remote regions.

CONTRIBUTIONS Certain members of the IWG and special expertise within scope Canada USA Russia Norway Denmark (Greenland) Antarctica

NEW TRADE ROUTES

THE ROUTES

TERRITORIES

THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC LEGAL REGIMES Denmark (Greenland), Norway and Canada CLC 1992/IOPC 2003 Russia CLC 1992/IOPC 1992 USA OPA 90 Individual national environmental protection law Antarctica The 1959 Antarctic Treaty No territorial sea, EEZ or equivalent zones International law

COMMON FEATURES IN THE ARCTIC COASTAL STATES National legal regimes covering the issues at hand Environmental protection legislation Response and delegation of responsibility CLC 1992 and Fund Convention (not USA) OPA 90 in USA LLMC 1996 limitation Bunker Convention (not effective for Greenland)

GOOD TO HAVES IN THE ARCTIC UNCLOS (except USA) Intervention Convention (except Canada) Oil Pollution Preparedness and Co-operation Convention The Arctic Council 2013 Agreement on cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic The Polar Code (as of 2017) The Arctic Coast Guard Forum

CONCLUSIONS The legal infrastructure in the Arctic is very good technically speaking. The coastal states have in place legislation that deals with pollution, liability, calculation of losses, responsible parties and funding The current response apparatus in the Arctic is probably inadequate although the coastal states work to improve it. The shear enormity of the area make the task difficult A major oil spill may reveal the need for considering the current regulation of “pollution damage” in the CLC 1992 convention in terms of what measures are “reasonable” and as regards impairment of the environment Dissenting views  

CONCLUSIONS  It is an open question how the requirement that environmental reinstatement cost must be reasonable – in the context of the CLC and Fund Convention regime – will be applied by courts in the relevant coastal states and the IOPCF to reinstatement attempts in Arctic environment. Clarification of the recoverability of reinstatement costs under the CLC and Fund Convention regime would therefore assist the coastal States. Dissenting views  

CONCLUSIONS It is possible that a major oil spill will stress the monetary limits of the CLC and Fund Convention regime although the Supplementary Fund may be sufficient in most instances Dissenting views The current likely insufficient response facilities and equipment available in the Arctic enhance “reasonableness” question and the monetary limit issue

CONCLUSIONS Russia would benefit from participating in the Supplementary Fund Protocol to the Fund Convention 1992 should a major oil pollution occur. So would Iceland There is a gap with respect to the High Seas in the Arctic but this is not problematic at the moment. In time, the issue should be addressed in the interest of the International community  There is no indication that the United States will join the CLC and Fund Convention regime. Thus it will continue to enforce its domestic laws governing spills, including OPA 90  

CONCLUSIONS ANTARCTICA The Antarctica is exposed to legal uncertainty in the event that a pollution incident occurs until the liability Annex to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is ratified

RECOMMENDATIONS That the report is submitted to the IMO Legal Secretariat and discussions take place with the IMO Legal Secretariat to consider further It would be natural for the coastal state IWG members to provide their competent local authorities with a copy of this report That the Antarctic Treaty Protocol States ratify the Liability Annex to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty