개정유류오염손해배상보장법에 관한 고찰

In recent years, Korea have suffered damage as a result of oil spills. Therefore, the Korean government promulgated the Revised Oil Pollution Damage Compensation Guarantee Act in May 27, 2009. This Act shall come into force on the six months following the date of its promulgation. The revised act aims at three main purpose as follows : (1) It makes a legal basis of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund(2003) which Korean government willing to accession in the near future ; (2) International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage(2001) came into force in Nov. 21, 2008, so the Korean government want to adopt substance of this convention into korean legal system ; (3) The revised act forces a owner of a barge for storing oil(over 200 tons) to contract compulsory insurance to cover the oil pollution damage liability. And also the revision intends to make legal texts modernizing and easy reading. In this paper, I examine the 2009 Revised Oil Pollution Damage Compensation Guarantee Act and I express my opinions on some legal issues.