Priority rules on compensation for nuclear damage in national legislation (Last updated: October 2020)

This table aims to gather information on the priority rules on compensation for nuclear damage in national legislation that have been adopted by the NEA member countries. The information provided for some Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention will only apply once the Revised Paris Convention will have entered into force, as explained in the document. That information is provided under the label: 'Revised Paris Convention'. The Revised Vienna Convention is the only international instruments that establishes a priority rule in the distribution of the compensation in respect of loss of life or personal injury. The Revised Vienna Convention provides in paragraph 2 of Article VIII: 'Subject to application of the rule of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 1 of Article VI, where in respect of claims brought against the operator the damage to be compensated under this Convention exceeds, or is likely to exceed, the maximum amount made available pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article V, priority in the distribution of the compensation shall be given to claims in respect of loss of life or personal injury'. The list of the parties to the Revised Vienna Convention is available at: https://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Conventions/protamend_status.pdf. The only NEA member countries that are parties to the Revised Vienna Convention are: Argentina, Poland and Romania.