Oil Spill

Guidelines on Oil Pollution Damage, 1994 as a International Shipping Documents

In spite of the fact that the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil
Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC) and the International Convention for the
Establishment of a Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971,
together with the amendments, constitute a uniform regime of claims for oil pollution
damage, the practical application of these instruments has created some
problems of interpretation, particularly in defining economic loss and the calculation
of the preventive measures, clean-up, and restoration of the damage suffered.
The CMI thus approved the said guidelines in Sidney, on 8 October 1994, which
are concerned with the admissibility and assessment of claims for oil pollution
damage.