European Ship Recycling Regulation: Entry-Into-Force Implications of the Hong Kong Convention

328 Pages·2013·2.306 MB·English

by  Urs Daniel Engels (auth.)

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Preface
This study completed in early 2012 and accepted by the Bucerius Law School as
doctoraldissertationistheresultofresearchconductedduringmytimeasascholar
of the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs (IMPRS)
under the supervision of Professor Dr. Doris Ko¨nig. I am most grateful for her
continuousandgeneroussupportandforbeingmyacademicmentor.Iwouldalso
liketothankProfessorDr.PeterEhlersforthesecondopinionandhiscontinuing
commitmentrenderingtheIMPRSatrulymultifacetedexperience.
Inthecourseofconductingresearch,anumberofexpertshavekindlyprovided
information, thus directly or indirectly contributing to this work: Petra Bethge
(formerDeputyPermanentRepresentativeoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyto
the International Maritime Organization, London), Henning Gramann (former
Head ofShipRecycling,GermanischerLloyd, Hamburg),Nikos Mikelis (Head of
theMarinePollutionPrevention&ShipRecyclingSection,InternationalMaritime
Organization, London), Marianne Harvey (Head of the Maritime Knowledge
Centre,InternationalMaritimeOrganization,London),Jean-LouisColson(former
HeadoftheMaritimeTransportPolicyUnit,EuropeanCommission,Brussels)and
Julio Garc´ıa Burgue´s (Head of the Waste Management Unit, European Commis-
sion,Brussels).Needlesstosay,conclusionsreachedinthisstudydonotnecessar-
ilyreflecttheviewsofthosepeoplementioned.
Furthermore,Iwouldliketothank Professor Dr. Ju¨rgen Basedow (Director of
theMaxPlanckInstituteforComparativeandInternationalPrivateLaw,Hamburg)
for his overall guidance, Barbara Krah as well as Dr. Anatol Dutta for their
coordinating efforts, Jocasta Godlieb and Michael Friedman for proofreading,
and my friends both at Bucerius Law School and the Max Planck Institute for
their support, patience and encouragement. In particular, I would like to thank
Thomas for occasional distraction and Arne for continuous direction. I am hugely
indebtedtoallofthem.
Last but not least, my warmest thanks go to my parents, to Annika, Jantje and
Tilmanaswellas,mostnotably,toJulia.
Hamburg,Germany UrsDanielEngels
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Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A.GlobalisationandInternationalGovernance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 2
B.EnvironmentalRegulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C.MethodologyandOutline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
TheHongKongConvention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A.ShipRecycling:TheFactualFramework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I.Occurrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
II.EnvironmentalandSocialEffects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
B.RegulativeHistory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
I.RaisingAwareness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
II.MaritimeIndustryMeetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
III.PathtotheConvention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C.RegulatoryContent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
I.StructureoftheConvention. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
II.KeyObjectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
III.MajorObligations. .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 35
D.Findings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Entry-into-ForceProvision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A.TheConclusionofInternationalTreaties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I.TheViennaConventionontheLawofTreaties. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
II.RelevantProvisionsoftheHongKongConvention. . . . . . . . . . 47
III.LegalImplicationsofEntry-into-Force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
B.Entry-into-ForceConditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I.NumberofStates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
II.Tonnage. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 49
III.RecyclingCapacity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 51
C.ConstructionandInterpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
I.HistoryoftheProvision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
II.Entry-into-ForceProvisionsofOtherIMOConventions. . . . . . . 57
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