Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy:Article 2

Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29th July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

Article 2

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a)

The system of this Convention shall apply to nuclear damage for which an operator of a nuclear installation, used for peaceful purposes, situated in the territory of a Contracting Party to this Convention (hereinafter referred to as a ‘Contracting Party’), is liable under the Paris Convention, and which is suffered:

(i)

in the territory of a Contracting Party; or

(ii)

in or above maritime areas beyond the territorial sea of a Contracting Party

1.

on board or by a ship flying the flag of a Contracting Party, or on board or by an aircraft registered in the territory of a Contracting Party, or on or by an artificial island, installation or structure under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, or

2.

by a national of a Contracting Party,

excluding damage suffered in or above the territorial sea of a State not Party to this Convention; or

(iii)

in or above the exclusive economic zone of a Contracting Party or on the continental shelf of a Contracting Party in connection with the exploitation or the exploration of the natural resources of that exclusive economic zone or continental shelf,

provided that the courts of a Contracting Party have jurisdiction pursuant to the Paris Convention.

b)

Any Signatory or acceding Government may, at the time of signature of or accession to this Convention or on the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval declare that, for the purposes of the application of paragraph (a)(ii) 2 of this Article, individuals or certain categories thereof, considered under its law as having their habitual residence in its territory, are assimilated to its own nationals.

c)

In this Article, the expression ‘a national of a Contracting Party’ shall include a Contracting Party or any of its constituent sub-divisions, or a partnership, or any public or private body whether corporate or not, established in the territory of a Contracting Party.

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