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An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act and the Maritime Safety Act

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

Introduced

14 November 2022

Last action

22 February 2023 · Accepted

Status

AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

Sponsors

Taavi Aas, Vabariigi Valitsus

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22 February 2023

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Summary

The bill harmonizes the regulations of the Commercial Shipping Act with international regulations and practices and improves the wording and structure of the Act. The changes create greater certainty for the parties to cargo transport, passenger transport and cargo contracts when using Estonian law. The bill proposes three major changes. First, with the amendments to the chapter on the contract of carriage of cargo, the law will be brought into line with the Hague-Visby rules by harmonizing with the international practice of commercial maritime law regulation. Secondly, the regulation of charter contracts will be harmonized with the amendments to the law. Thirdly, the regulation of limitation of liability in case of maritime claims will be harmonized with international law and the use of terms will be adjusted so that they correspond to the terms used in international treaties. In the same way, the use of terms in other chapters such as rescue, shipowner, shipowner will be organized and harmonized responsibility, or the definitions are updated to correspond to the preferred terms used in maritime, for example, towing.

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  1. 14 November 2022

    AVALDATUD_RIIGITEATAJAS

    Source: SE

  2. 22 February 2023

    Accepted

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