The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) works on a suite of publications, workshops and symposia to advance cooperation and understanding of nuclear liability.

The Paris Convention establishes a nuclear liability and compensation regime to compensate victims of a nuclear accident. The PC is open to OECD member countries as of right and non-member countries ...

The Brussels Supplementary Convention establishes a scheme to provide compensation supplementary to that required by the Paris Convention. The BSC is open only to contracting parties to the Paris Con...

Convention du 29 juillet 1960 sur la responsabilité civile dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire, modifiée par le Protocole additionnel du 28 janvier 1964, par le Protocole du 16 novembre 1982 et pa...

Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy of 29 July 1960, as amended by the Additional Protocol of 28 January 1964, by the Protocol of 16 November 1982 and by the Protocol o...

Latest status of ratifications or accessions to the Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability. 

État d’avancement des ratifications ou des adhésions à la Convention de Paris sur la responsabilité civile nucléaire.

Latest status of ratifications or accessions of the Brussels Supplementary Convention (BSC). 

Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (English version)

Table on Application of the Paris Convention to non-metropolitan territories of the Contracting Parties (French version)

Statut des ratifications et adhésions à la Convention de Bruxelles complémentaire à la Convention de Paris

Improves the existing regime by requiring that significantly more compensation be made available to supplement that which is to be provided for under the Paris Convention.