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 Convention.
Adopted: 31 January 1963
Opened for signature: 31 January 1963
Entered into force: 4 December 1974, along with its 1964 Additional Protocol
Parties: 13 (see table below)
More information on the Brussels Supplementary Convention, including the text, is available here.
The current status of ratifications or accessions to the Brussels Supplementary Convention is available here.
The following is a sampling of the articles related to the BSC that have been published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin:
Parties to the Brussels Supplementary Convention | |||
Belgium* | Germany* | Slovenia* | United Kingdom* |
Denmark | Italy | Spain* | |
Finland* | Netherlands* | Sweden* | |
France* | Norway | Switzerland* |
* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.