...System. According to Article 16, parties to the Protocol are committed to undertaking the development of rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty area and covered by the Protocol. A future liability regime has several important implications for...

...and weather conditions in the frigid southern seas. The Protocol thus remains unfinished business. Rules and procedures 'relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty area' still need to be elaborated and adopted, not only for marine pollution in particular but for...

...Final Act underlined the commitment of the parties to the Protocol, stated in Article l 6, to elaborate rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...arising from activities taking place in the Antarctic and covered by the Protocol, including liability for damage to the Antarctic environment. However,...

...draft provisions hereunder (41^-6). Suffice here to say that the draft annex is intended to include rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty Area and covered by PEPAT. When adopted and entered into force, the draft annex would prevail, as lex...

...is submitted to other nations. Liability. Article 1 6 states that the Parties undertake to elaborate rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic treaty area and covered by this Protocol. Those rules and procedures shall be included in one or more Annexes...

...(. . .)"22 According to Article 16 of the Protocol, the Contracting Parties "undertake to elaborate rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty area and covered by this Protocol". Article 16 also states that these "rules and procedures" must be...

...the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems, the Parties undertake to elaborate first meeting of its Parties, Conscious, therefore,...importance of providing for public participation in str area and covered by this Protocol. Those rules and procedures shall be included in one or more Annexes...

...Article 16 of the Protocol states only - as mentioned before - that the parties 'undertake to elaborate rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty area and covered by this Protocol'. 2. Liability Treaties and Rules of General International Law If...

...environment and dependent and associated ecosystems to elaborate, in one or more Annexes to the Protocol, rules and procedures relating to liability for damage...from activities taking place in the Antarctic Treaty area and covered by the Protocol; Noting further Decision 3 (2001) of the XXIVth Antarctic Treaty Consultative...