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Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976 was approved by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 466-VQ dated December 16, 2016 and the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On amendments to the Merchant Shipping Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan” prepared in order to approximate with the abovementioned Protocol, was adopted. Furthermore, the relevant parts of normative legal acts that determine administrative liability in maritime transport, the Codes of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Administrative Offences and Merchant Shipping have been reviewed, relevant provisions have been thoroughly analysed and evaluated and draft laws have been re-developed. As a result Law of the Parliament “On the Adoption of changes to the Administrative Violations Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan” has entered into force on 16th of May 2017.
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