Civil Liability Convention (CLC), 1977 Edition

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUITION DAMAGE (CLC), 1969 (1977 Edition)

The purpose of the 1969 CLC Convention is to provide uniform international rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and to ensure that adequate compensation is available to victims of oil pollution by placing the liability for compensation upon the owner of the ship. This edition also includes the 1976 Protocol to Revise the Unit of Account Provisions of CLC 1969.

(See also Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (1996 edition))