2004 Protocol to Amend the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960, As Amended by the Additional Protocol of 28 January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16 November 1982

2004 Protocol to the Paris Convention

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development / OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Refer to Article 17 of Paris Convention as amended by the Additional Protocol of 1964, by the Protocol of 1982 and the Protocol of 2004:

“Any dispute arising between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention shall be examined by the Steering Committee and in the absence of friendly settlement shall, upon the request of a Contracting Party concerned, be submitted to the Tribunal established by the Convention of 20^th December 1957 on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy.”

Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Part II. Paragraph (e) of the Protocol:

“e) This Protocol shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 20 of the Convention.”

From the text of the Paris Convention as amended by the Additional Protocol of 1964, by the Protocol of 1982 and the Protocol of 2004:

Article 20:

“Amendments to this Convention shall be adopted by mutual agreement of all the Contracting Parties. They shall come into force when ratified or confirmed by two-thirds of the Contracting Parties. For each Contracting Party ratifying or confirming thereafter, they shall come into force at the date of such ratification or confirmation.”

1960 Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy as amended by the Additional Protocol of 1964 and by the Protocol of 1982

1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage

1963 Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy as amended by the additional Protocol of 28th January 1964 and by the Protocol of 16th November 1982

1988 Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention

1997 Protocol to Amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage

1997 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage

2004 Protocol to Amend the Brussels Supplementary Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Nuclear Energy Agency accessed on 28/07/2021

The English text of the Protocol begins on page 15 of the external link provided.