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2.2.7 Eligibility of Supra-National Organizations to Accede to the Amended Paris Convention 2.2.8 The OECD-Membership as a Precondition for Accession to the Amended Paris Convention

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2.2.9 Preliminary Conclusions: the Euratom’s Accession to the Amended Paris Convention as a Very Hypothetical Scenario 65 2.3 The European Nuclear Liability Legislation vis-á-vis the Nuclear Liability Treaties 65 2.3.1 International Law Superseded: Some General Remarks 65 2.3.2 Questioning the Vienna Convention as a “Pre-Community Agreement” 67 2.3.3 The “Labyrinth” of Nuclear Liability Conventions and the Competencies of the European Union 69 2.4 Nuclear Liability Rules and Environmental Law 70 2.5 Nuclear Liability Rules and Jurisdictional Cooperation and Enforcement of Judgements 71 2.5.1 The European Rules on Nuclear Liability as an Engine 2.6 The European Union and Its Member States as Parties of the Conventions on Nuclear Liability? 2.7 Legislation and Other Forms of EU Action Related to the Material and Procedural Aspects of Nuclear Liability 2.7.1 The “Brussels I” Regulation and Its Relation to International Nuclear Liability Conventions 73 75 77 for the Ratification of International Treaties? Towards a Synergy between the “Global” and “Regional” Approach 71

2.7.1.1 Material Application of the “Brussels I” Regulation in Nuclear Liability Matters 2.7.1.2 Relationship of the “Brussels I” Regulation, the Vienna Convention (1963) and the Paris Convention (1960)

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2.7.2 Relation of the EU and its Legislation to the 1997 and 2004 Protocols 83 2.7.3 The “Rome II” Regulation and the Nuclear Liability Legislation 88 3 The Nature of the Nuclear Liability Regime: Civil-Law or International-Law Based Liability? 93 3.1 Exploring the Limits of the Civil-Law Regime of Nuclear Liability 98