Legal Links

I- Key International Convention:

1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (Tunisia)

2. United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Tunisia)

3. Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, 1974 (Tunisia)

4. International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 (Tunisia)

5. United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods, 1980. 

6. United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships, 1986. 

7. Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) (Tunisia) 

8. International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004<BWM 2004> 

9. International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1924 <Hague Rules>

10. Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1968<Hague-Visby Protocol>

11. Protocol of 1979 to amend the Hague Visby Rules<Hague-Visby Protocol 1979>

12. United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978<Hamburg Rules>

13. International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, 1957<1957 Limitation Convention>

14. Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 <LLMC Convention 76>

15. 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims<LLMC Protocol 96>

16. Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974<PAL Convention 74>

17. Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974<PAL Protocol 2002>

II- Safety and Security - Ship/Port Interface:

1. International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974, as amended (SOLAS) (Tunisia) 

2. International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships,1969, (TONNAGE) (Tunisia)

3. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers as amended, including the 1995 and 2010 Manila Amendments (STCW) (Tunisia) 

4. ISPS Code (Tunisia) 

5. International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (SALVAGE) (Tunisia). 

6. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic 1965, (FAL).

7. International Convention on Load Lines 1966,(LL) (Tunisia). 

8. International Convention for Safe Containers 1972, (CSC).

9. Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, (COLREG) (Tunisia)

10. Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 and Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973 (STP).

11. Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization 1976, (IMSO C).

12. International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue 1979, (SAR) (Tunisia).  

13. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988, and Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf (and the 2005 Protocols) (SUA) (Tunisia). 

14. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F) (Tunisia).

15. United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988 (Tunisia)

16. Protocol Against The Smuggling Of Migrants By Land, Sea And Air, Supplementing The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime Palerme 2000 (Tunisia)

17. Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007<NAIROBI WRC 2007>

III- Environment & Prevention of marine pollution:

1. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and by the Protocol of 1997 (MARPOL) (Tunisia)

2. Protocol of 1976 to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969<CLC Protocol 76> 

3. Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969<CLC Protocol 92>

4. Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971<FUND Protocol 92>

5. Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992<FUND Protocol 2003>

6. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex I & II)<MARPOL 73/78 (Annex I/II)>

7. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex III)<MARPOL 73/78 (Annex III)>

8. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex IV)<MARPOL 73/78 (Annex IV)>

9. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex V)<MARPOL 73/78 (Annex V)>

10. Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (Annex VI)<MARPOL Protocol 97 (Annex VI)>

11. International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended<SOLAS Convention 74>

12. Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the SOLAS<SOLAS Protocol 78>

13. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended<STCW Convention 78>

14. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001<Bunker Convention 01> 

15. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969, (CLC) (Tunisia).

16. International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969 (INTERVENTION) (Tunisia)

17. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter(LC), 1972 (and the 1996 London Protocol) (Tunisia)

18. International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC) (Tunisia)

19. Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS Protocol)(Tunisia)

20. International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, 2001(AFS) (Tunisia)

21. International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004.

22. Offshore Protocol (Tunisia)

23. Barcelona Convention (Tunisia)

24. Emergency Protocol, 1976 (Tunisia)

25. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001(Tunisia)

IV- Liability & Compensation:

1. Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material, 1971 (NUCLEAR).

2. Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL).

3. Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims(LLMC), 1976 (Tunisia) 

4. 1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND 1992) (Tunisia).

5. International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), 1996 (and its 2010 Protocol) (Tunisia)

6. Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 (Tunisia)

V- International Associations:

1. The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO)

2. International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO)

3. International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO)

4. International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)

5. International Maritime Bureau (IMB)

6. International Maritime Organization (IMO)

7. International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPCF)

8. International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF)

9. The Japanese Shipowners’ Association

10. The Japan Shipping Exchange. Inc.

11. Marine Disaster Prevention Center

1. Rules Comparator: Bruxelles, Hambourg and Rotterdam 

2. Liability Regime In Local Maritime Laws

3. Tunisian Maritime Commerce Code and international law 

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