Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/ydkx2cg1d9
A Legal Analysis of Pollution Damage Claims in the Case of Pollution by Oil and Bunker Oil: Understanding the International Regulatory Framework and the Specifics of the Croatian Legal System
Ante Vojković
Abstract
This paper analyses the international legal framework regarding oil pollution damage, as defined in the 1992 CLC, and bunker oil pollution damage, as defined in the Bunkers Convention. The analysis is founded on “similarities and differences” between the regimes, with special focus on the corresponding limitation of liability schemes, where a clear division is made between, on the one hand, the independent limitation of the liability system of oil pollution damage, and, on the other hand, the general limitation of the liability system of bunker oil pollution. The Republic of Croatia is a State Party to all the relevant international instruments in this regard. Nevertheless, the paper explains the peculiarities that must be acknowledged and respected if a claim is to be made specifically in Croatia. Above all, the paper provides insight into the “real world”, with one chapter dedicated exclusively to case analyses.
Keywords
CLC; Bunkers Convention; oil; bunker oil; limitation of liability; LLMC; IOPC Funds; case analysis
Hrčak ID:
341011
URI
Publication date:
12.12.2025.
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