Статус Протокола 2002 года к Афинской конвенции о перевозке морем пассажиров и их багажа 1974 года (PAL PROT 2002) (Лондон, 1 ноября 2002 года) [рус., англ.]
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СТАТУС ПРОТОКОЛА
2002 ГОДА К АФИНСКОЙ КОНВЕНЦИИ О ПЕРЕВОЗКЕ МОРЕМ
ПАССАЖИРОВ И ИХ БАГАЖА 1974 ГОДА (PAL PROT 2002)
(ЛОНДОН, 1 НОЯБРЯ 2002 ГОДА)
I. Подписи
II. Договаривающиеся государства
| Дата сдачи на хранение грамоты | Дата вступления в силу | |
|---|---|---|
| Албания (присоединение) <1> | 16.03.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Барбадос (присоединение) | 08.03.2023 | 08.06.2023 |
| Белиз (присоединение) | 22.08.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Бельгия (присоединение) <1> | 23.04.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Болгария (присоединение) <1> | 10.12.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Греция (присоединение) <1> | 06.12.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Грузия (присоединение) <1> | 22.05.2019 | 22.08.2019 |
| Дания (присоединение) <1>, <4> | 23.05.2012 | 23.04.2014 |
| Европейский Союз <1>, <2> | 15.12.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Ирландия (присоединение) <1> | 07.08.2014 | 07.11.2014 |
| Испания (ратификация) <1> | 11.06.2015 | 11.09.2015 |
| Латвия (присоединение) <1> | 17.02.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Литва (присоединение) <1> | 10.03.2015 | 10.06.2015 |
| Мадагаскар (присоединение) | 26.07.2019 | 26.10.2019 |
| Мальта (присоединение) <1> | 07.08.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Маршалловы Острова (присоединение) <1> | 27.10.2014 | 27.01.2015 |
| Нидерланды (присоединение) <1> | 26.09.2012 | 23.04.2014 |
| Норвегия (ратификация) <1> | 26.11.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Палау (присоединение) | 29.09.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Панама (присоединение) <1> | 23.01.2014 | 23.04.2014 |
| Португалия (присоединение) <1> | 01.09.2015 | 01.12.2015 |
| Российская Федерация (присоединение) | 16.01.2019 | 16.04.2019 |
| Румыния (присоединение) | 21.10.2014 | 21.01.2015 |
| Сан-Марино (присоединение) <1> | 27.01.2022 | 27.04.2022 |
| Сент-Китс и Невис (присоединение) | 30.08.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Сербия (присоединение) <1> | 25.05.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Сирийская Арабская Республика (присоединение) <1> | 10.03.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Словацкая Республика (присоединение) <1> | 13.04.2015 | 13.07.2015 |
| Словения (присоединение) | 09.01.2017 | 09.04.2017 |
| Соединенное Королевство (ратификация) <1>, <3> | 21.01.2014 | 23.04.2014 |
| Турция | 16.06.2022 | 16.09.2022 |
| Финляндия (принятие) <1> | 05.06.2017 | 05.09.2017 |
| Франция (присоединение) <1> | 19.09.2016 | 19.12.2016 |
| Хорватия (присоединение) <1> | 25.09.2013 | 23.04.2014 |
| Черногория (присоединение) | 09.09.2015 | 09.12.2015 |
| Швеция (ратификация) <1> | 02.06.2015 | 02.09.2015 |
Число государств-участников: 34
PROTOCOL OF 2002 TO THE ATHENS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND THEIR LUGGAGE BY SEA, 1974 (PAL PROT 2002)
Done at London, 1 November 2002
Entry into force: 23 April 2014
I. Signatories
II. Contracting States
| Number of Contracting States: | 34 |
|---|
<1> For the text of a declaration, reservation or statement, see section III.
<2> Article 19(3) of the Protocol provides that: «Where the number of States Parties is relevant in this Protocol, including but not limited to Articles 20 and 23 of this Protocol, the Regional Economic Integration Organization shall not count as a State Party in addition to its Member States which are States Parties.» Accordingly, the number of Contracting States remains unaltered with this accession.
<3> The depositary received a communication, dated 8 May 2014, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, informing that the protocol was extended to Gibraltar on 8 May 2014.
The Depositary received a communication, on 19 December 2024, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, informing that the Protocol was extended to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The extension to the Falkland Islands took effect on 19 December 2024, the date on which the notification from the United Kingdom was received by the Secretary-General.
<4> The Depositary received, on 11 November 2025, a notification of the withdrawal of the territorial declaration of Denmark with regard to the Faroe Islands.
<*> A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The Secretary-General received a communication from the Embassy of the Argentine Republic, on 29 April 2025, the full text of which is contained in Circular Letter No. 5010.
III. States which have denounced the Convention
| Date of receipt of denunciation | Effective date of denunciation | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saint Kitts and Nevis | 24 April 2014 | 24 April 2014 |
IV. Declarations, Reservations and Statements
Belgium
The instrument of accession by the Kingdom of Belgium was accompanied a reservation, for its content please refer to the reservation of Denmark below, mutatis mutandis or refer to PAL.4/Circ.8.
Bulgaria
The instrument of accession by Bulgaria was accompanied by a reservation, for its content please refer to the reservation of Denmark above, mutatis mutandis or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.12.
Croatia
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see below) or refer to PAL.4/Circ.10.
Denmark
The instrument of accession by the Kingdom of Denmark was accompanied by the following reservation:
Limitation of liability of carriers, etc.
1. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to limit liability under paragraph 1 or 2 of article 3 of the Convention, if any, in respect of death of or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention to the lower of the following amounts:
- 250,000 units of account in respect of each passenger on each distinct occasion,
2. Furthermore, the Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to apply the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, paragraphs 2.1.1 and 2.2.2 mutatis mutandis, to such liabilities.
3. The liability of the performing carrier pursuant to article 4 of the Convention, the liability of the servants and agents of the carrier or the performing carrier pursuant to article 11 of the Convention and the limit of the aggregate of the amounts recoverable pursuant to article 12 of the Convention shall be limited in the same way.
4. The reservation and undertaking in paragraph 1.2 will apply regardless of the basis of liability under paragraph 1 or 2 of article 3 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in article 4 or 7 of the Convention; but this reservation and undertaking do not affect the operation of articles 10 and 13.
Compulsory insurance and limitation of liability of insurers
5. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to limit the requirement under paragraph 1 of article 4bis to maintain insurance or other financial security for death or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention to the lower of the following amounts:
- 250,000 units of account in respect of each passenger on each distinct occasion,
6. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to limit the liability of the insurer or other person providing financial security under paragraph 10 of article 4bis, for death or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, to a maximum limit of the amount of insurance or other financial security which the carrier is required to maintain under paragraph 1.6 of this reservation.
7. The Government of Denmark also reserves the right to and undertakes to apply the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention including the application of the clauses referred to in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 in the Guidelines in all compulsory insurance under the Convention.
8. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to exempt the provider of insurance or other financial security under paragraph 1 of article 4bis from any liability for which he has not undertaken to be liable.
9. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to issue insurance certificates under paragraph 2 of article 4bis of the Convention so as:
- to reflect the limitations of liability and the requirements for insurance cover referred to in paragraphs 1.2, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.9; and
- to include such other limitations, requirements and exemptions as it finds that the insurance market conditions at the time of the issue of the certificate necessitate.
10. The Government of Denmark reserves the right to and undertakes to accept insurance certificates issued by other States Parties issued pursuant to a similar reservation.
11. All such limitations, requirements and exemptions will be clearly reflected in the Certificate issued or certified under paragraph 2 of article 4bis of the Convention.
Relationship between this Reservation and the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention
12. The rights retained by this reservation will be exercised with due regard to the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, or to any amendments thereto, with an aim to ensure uniformity. If a proposal to amend the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, including the limits, has been approved by the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation, those amendments will apply as from the time determined by the Committee. This is without prejudice to the rules of international law regarding the right of a state to withdraw or amend its reservation.
The Government of Denmark declares that judgments on matters covered by the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 2002 (the Convention) shall, when given by a court of a European Union Member State other than Denmark, be recognized and enforced in Denmark according to the relevant internal Union rules on the subject based on the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
European Union
European Union declaration of competence
As regards matters covered by articles 10 and 11 of the Athens Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, which come under article 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Member States of the European Union, with the exception of the Kingdom of Denmark, in accordance with articles 1 and 2 of Protocol (No 22) on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, have conferred competences to the Union. The Union exercised this competence by adopting Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
European Union declaration on Article 17bis(3) of the Athens Convention, as amended by Article 11 of the Athens Protocol
1. Judgments on matters covered by the Athens Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, when given by a court of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Czechia, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, shall be recognised and enforced in a Member State of the European Union in accordance with the relevant rules of the European Union on the subject.
2. Judgments on matters covered by the Athens Protocol, when given by a court of the Kingdom of Denmark, shall be recognised and enforced in a Member State of the European Union in accordance with the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
3. Judgments on matters covered by the Athens Protocol, when given by a court of a third State:
(a) bound by the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters of 30 October 2007 shall be recognised and enforced in the Member States of the European Union in accordance with that Convention;
(b) bound by the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters of 16 September 1988 shall be recognised and enforced in the Member States of the European Union in accordance with that Convention.».
European Union declaration of competence
1. Article 19 of the Athens Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 provides that Regional Economic Integration Organisations which are constituted by sovereign States that have transferred competence over certain matters governed by that Protocol to them may sign it, on condition that they make the declaration referred to in that article. The Union has decided to accede to the Athens Protocol and is accordingly making that declaration.
2. The current Members of the European Union are the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, Czechia, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
3. This declaration is not applicable to the territories of the Member States of the European Union in which the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) does not apply and is without prejudice to such acts or positions as may be adopted under the Protocol by the Member States concerned on behalf of, and in the interests of, those territories.
4. The Member States of the European Union have conferred exclusive competence to the Union as regards measures adopted on the basis of article 100 of the TFEU. Such measures have been adopted as regards articles 1 and 1 bis, article 2(2), articles 3 to 16 and articles 18, 20 and 21 of the Athens Convention as amended by the Athens Protocol and the provisions of the IMO Guidelines, by means of Regulation (EC) No 392/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents.
5. The exercise of competence which the Member States have transferred to the European Union pursuant to the TFEU is, by its nature, liable to continuous development. In the framework of the TFEU, the competent institutions may take decisions which determine the extent of the competence of the European Union. The European Union therefore reserves the right to amend this declaration accordingly, without this constituting a prerequisite for the exercise of its competence with regard to matters governed by the Athens Protocol. The European Union will notify the amended declaration to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.
Reservation in connection with the ratification by the European Union of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 2002 (the Convention).
Limitation of liability of carriers, etc.
1. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to limit liability under paragraph 1 or 2 of article 3 of the Convention, if any, in respect of death of or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention to the lower of the following amounts:
- 250,000 units of account in respect of each passenger on each distinct occasion,
- 340 million units of account overall per ship on each distinct occasion.
2. Furthermore, the European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to apply the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, paragraphs 2.1.1 and 2.2.2 mutatis mutandis, to such liabilities.
3. The liability of the performing carrier pursuant to article 4 of the Convention, the liability of the servants and agents of the carrier or the performing carrier pursuant to article 11 of the Convention and the limit of the aggregate of the amounts recoverable pursuant to article 12 of the Convention shall be limited in the same way.
4. The reservation and undertaking in paragraph 1.2 will apply regardless of the basis of liability under paragraph 1 or 2 of article 3 and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in article 4 or 7 of the Convention; but this reservation and undertaking do not affect the operation of articles 10 and 13.
Compulsory insurance and limitation of liability of insurers
5. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to limit the requirement under paragraph 1 of article 4bis to maintain insurance or other financial security for death or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention to the lower of the following amounts:
- 250,000 units of account in respect of each passenger on each distinct occasion,
6. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to limit the liability of the insurer or other person providing financial security under paragraph 10 of article 4bis, for death or personal injury to a passenger caused by any of the risks referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, to a maximum limit of the amount of insurance or other financial security which the carrier is required to maintain under paragraph 1.6 of this reservation.
7. The European Union also reserves the right to and undertakes to apply the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention including the application of the clauses referred to in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 in the Guidelines in all compulsory insurance under the Convention.
8. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to exempt the provider of insurance or other financial security under paragraph 1 of article 4bis from any liability for which he has not undertaken to be liable.
9. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to issue insurance certificates under paragraph 2 of article 4bis of the Convention so as:
- to reflect the limitations of liability and the requirements for insurance cover referred to in paragraphs 1.2, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.9; and
- to include such other limitations, requirements and exemptions as it finds that the insurance market conditions at the time of the issue of the certificate necessitate.
10. The European Union reserves the right to and undertakes to accept insurance certificates issued by other States Parties issued pursuant to a similar reservation.
11. All such limitations, requirements and exemptions will be clearly reflected in the Certificate issued or certified under paragraph 2 of article 4bis of the Convention.
Relationship between this Reservation and the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention
12. The rights retained by this reservation will be exercised with due regard to the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, or to any amendments thereto, with an aim to ensure uniformity. If a proposal to amend the IMO Guidelines for Implementation of the Athens Convention, including the limits, has been approved by the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation, those amendments will apply as from the time determined by the Committee. This is without prejudice to the rules of international law regarding the right of a state to withdraw or amend its reservation.
Finland
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.30.
France
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.28.
Georgia
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.32.
Greece
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.16.
Ireland
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.19.
Latvia
The instrument of accession by the Republic of Latvia was accompanied by the following declaration:
«In accordance with article 17, paragraph 5 and article 20 of the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, done in London on 1 November 2002, the Republic of Latvia communicates that the withdrawal of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, done at Athens on 13 December 1974 and the Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, done at London 19 November 1976, deposited by the Republic of Latvia at the International Maritime Organization on 15 February 2005, will take effect upon the entry into force of the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea.»
On 29 January 2014, the Secretary-General received a declaration by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.15.
Lithuania
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.21.
Malta
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.9.
Marshall Islands
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.20.
Netherlands
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.7. The reservation by the Netherlands only applies to its European part.
Norway
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.11.
Panama
The instrument of accession by Panama was accompanied by a reservation, for its content please refer to the reservation of Denmark above, mutatis mutandis or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.14.
Portugal
The instrument of accession by Portugal was accompanied by a reservation, for its content please refer to the reservation of Denmark above, mutatis mutandis or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.25.
San Marino
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to PAL.4/Circ.33.
Serbia
«On the day of the entry into force of the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, adopted in London on 1 November 2002, on international level, the Republic of Serbia shall terminate the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, adopted in Athens on 13 December 1974.»
Slovakia
The instrument of accession by Slovakia was accompanied by the following declaration and reservation:
«The declaration and reservation of the Slovak Republic to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 2002) are applied in accordance with declarations and reservations made by the European Union, mutatis mutandis.»
Slovenia
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.29.
Spain
The instrument of ratification by Spain was accompanied by a reservation and declaration. For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to circular PAL.4/Circ.24. The text of the declaration is as follows:
«Considering that the United Kingdom has decided to extend the application of this Protocol to the territory of Gibraltar, Spain wishes to make the following declaration:»
.1 Gibraltar is a non-autonomous territory whose international relations come under the responsibility of the United Kingdom and which is subject to a decolonization process in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
.2 The authorities of Gibraltar have a local character and exercise exclusively internal competences which have their origin and their foundation in a distribution and attribution of competences performed by the United Kingdom in compliance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as sovereign State on which the mentioned non-autonomous territory depends.
.3 As a result, the eventual participation of the Gibraltarian authorities in the application of this Protocol will be understood as carried out exclusively as part of the internal competences of Gibraltar and cannot be considered to modify in any way what was established in the two previous paragraphs.
.4 The procedure established by the regime relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of certain international treaties agreed upon by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 (together with «Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar Authorities in the context of EU and EC Instruments and related Treaties, 19 April 2000») is applicable to this Protocol.
.5 The application to Gibraltar of this Protocol cannot be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations involving matters not included in article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, signed by the Crowns of Spain and Great Britain.»
Sweden
For the text of the reservation, please refer to the text of the reservation by the EU, mutatis mutandis (see above) or refer to PAL.4/Circ.23.
Syrian Arab Republic
«...Ratification of this Protocol by the Syrian Arab Republic in no way implies recognition of Israel and will not result in Syria's entering into any relations with it whatsoever under the rules of this Protocol.»
United Kingdom
The instrument of accession by the United Kingdom was accompanied by a reservation, for its content please refer to the reservation of Denmark above, mutatis mutandis or refer to PAL.4/Circ.13.