Ordonnance

“Ordonnance de la Marine” in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of “Ordonnance de la Marine”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: An important piece of French maritime legislation, dating from 1681, codifying much of the French maritime law and practice. The best text concerning the Ordonnance de la Marine is the commentary written in 1760 by René-Josué Valin, who, at the time, was the King’s advocate at the admiralty’s headquarters in Larochelle, France. See Tetley, M.L.C., 2 Ed., 1998 at pp. 18, 24-25.

– The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, aopted at Paris, September 22, 1992 and in force March 25, 1998. This Convention is the mechanism by which Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, cooperate for the protection of the marine environment of the North East Atlantic. The Ospar Commission is based in London (Email: secretariat [at] ospar [dot] corg; website: https://www.ospar.org/).

Ordonnance in Admiralty Law

For information on ordonnance in this context, see the entry on ordonnance in the maritime law encyclopedia.