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"Abbreviations" [2008] ELECD 341; in Faure, Michael; Ying, Song (eds), "China and International Environmental Liability" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008)

Book Title: China and International Environmental Liability

Editor(s): Faure, Michael; Ying, Song

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847207524

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

Abbreviations
AJIL American Journal of International Law
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations

CAO Office of Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman
CARU Comisión Administradora del Rió Uruguay
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CC Civil Code
CDEM Conservation and Environmental Management
Division
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
CITES Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora
CLC International Convention on Civil Liability for
Oil Pollution Damage
CNPC China National Petroleum Corporation
COLREGs Convention on the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea
CPL Chinese Penal Law

DDT Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

EAW European Arrest Warrant
EC European Community
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
ECJ European Court of Justice
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
EC Treaty Treaty Establishing the European Community
EDCS Environmental Damage Compensation System
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zones
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ELD Environmental Liability Directive
ELIS Environmental Liability Insurance System
EPA Environmental Protection Agency

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EU European Union
EWHC High Court of England and Wales

FOC Flag of Convenience
FSI Flag State Implementation

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GCEPNPI General Counter Emergency Plan for National
Public Incidents
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GPC German Penal Code

HNS International Convention on Liability and
Compensation for Damage in Connection with
the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious
Substances by Sea

IACHR Inter American Convention on Human Rights
IAComHR Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
IACtHR Inter American Court of Human Rights
ICJ International ...