Law Accession of Lebanon to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

Type

Law

Number

68

Date of the text

26/11/1966

Official Gazette

published in 1966

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

2

What it provides

This law approves Lebanon's accession to the 1954 international agreement on preventing sea pollution by oil. It sets administrative penalties by decree for oil discharges at sea and in Lebanese territorial waters, and makes the ship owner, operator or master liable to pay them.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1966. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.