Pacific environment law gets struck out by French court because of global shipping rules

Pictured: a gavel and set of scales – symbols of the law and justice. Photo credit Succo via Pixabay.

An environment-focused law that would require pre-declaration or authorisation on the movement of vessels in the the New Caledonia area has been struck down by a Paris-based court1.

A New Caledonia law aimed, among other things, to subject the movement of vessels around the Province of the Loyalty Islands (part of New Caledonia (itself an overseas territory of France)) to some kind of system of...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/pacific-environment-law-gets-struck-out-by-french-court-because-of-global-shipping-rules/

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