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Port Safety, Security & Environment Group
Legal Committee
<Chair>
Frans van Zoelen
Director
Legal Department
Port of Rotterdam
Netherlands
<Vice Chair>
Mr. Wilko J.F. Tijsse Claase
Director
Legal Affairs
Port of Amsterdam
<Mission>
- Initiate, follow-up, study and recommend proposed action to be taken on behalf of IAPH concerning any issues in which the collective interests of port authorities are brought into question from the legal point of view.
- Follow and if necessary intervene in international arenas which produce legal instruments relevant for IAPH, especially the Legal Committee of IMO.
- Assist other technical committees of IAPH with respect to relevant legal matters and to international legal instruments promoted by international organizations.
<Work Plan 2009/2011>
- Updating and further expanding Introduction to Maritime Law for Port Officials through assistance of Erasmus University.
- Monitoring developments in field of modernization of Models for Port Regulations.
- Monitoring developments of "Places of Refuge" not only in IMO but also in other organizations, in particular EU's proposed legislation "Maritime Safety Package”.
- Monitoring legal developments made in International organizations including IMO and UNCITRAL, including legal issues related to “piracy”.
- Monitoring developments of “UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea” at UNCITRAL, and “Draft Protocol to the HNS Convention” at IMO.
- Monitoring status of Ratifications of various relevant conventions, such as Bunkers Convention, HNS Convention and Wreck Removal Convention.
- Producing comments or reports to assist other technical committees and members to properly understand requirements of international legal frameworks.
- Collect and review national or regional legal issues or legal developments relevant to port authorities.
- Legal Topics concerning Port Governance.
