Interspill 2002 - Damage and Response Operations

Chairman: Eugène Clonan, Irish Coast Guard

Rapporteur: Frédéric Hebert, French Ministry for Economic Affairs, Finance and Industry

• Damage on marine resources and its assessment
  • Alicia Sanmamed, indépendant Consultant, Spain.
• Transaction costs and compensation of pollution damages: results of a pilot study following the Erika accident
  • Julien Hay, CEDEM, France.
• Evolution of the liability of the parties concerned in sea pollution by heavy hydrocarbons
  • Bertille Le Breton, Cedre, France.
• "The scientific world faced with a major accidental marine pollution"
  • Guest speaker: Jean-François Minster, President Director General, IFREMER
• The process of assessing and compensating damage caused by oil spills: elements of analysis
  • Olivier Thébaud, IFREMER Brest, France.
• The possible contribution of civil liability rules in maritime safety: towards the responsabilities of the actors
  • Karine Le Couviour, CEDEM, France.
• The failure of the civil liability faced with pollution caused by ships: the precautionary principle, a solution to consider
  • Gertrude Pieratti, University of Corsica, France.
• L'assistance, dernière réponse active à la lutte contre la pollution
  • Jean-François Rébora, France P&I.
• Has an appropriate level of preparedness and response been established following major oil spills in Europe? A comparative case-study analysis by regions
  • Marlene Calderon Veiga, Fresti Ltd, Portugal.