TY - BOOK ID - 7839176 TI - European Ship Recycling Regulation : Entry-Into-Force Implications of the Hong Kong Convention AU - Engels, Urs Daniel. AU - International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs. PY - 2013 SN - 364235596X 3642355978 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Electric motors -- Energy consumption -- Congresses. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Ships KW - Recycling (Waste, etc.) KW - Recycling industry. KW - Scrapping KW - Law and legislation. KW - Law and legislation KW - Conversion of waste products KW - Recovery of natural resources KW - Recovery of waste materials KW - Resource recovery KW - Waste recycling KW - Waste reuse KW - Law. KW - International law. KW - Trade. KW - Law of the sea. KW - International environmental law. KW - Industrial organization. KW - Environmental economics. KW - Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space. KW - European Law. KW - Environmental Economics. KW - International Environmental Law. KW - International Economic Law, Trade Law. KW - Industrial Organization. KW - Pollution control industry KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Energy conservation KW - Salvage (Waste, etc.) KW - Waste products KW - Industries KW - Organization KW - Industrial concentration KW - Industrial management KW - Industrial sociology KW - Economics KW - Environmental quality KW - Environmental aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Law—Europe. KW - International environmental law KW - International law KW - Common heritage of mankind (International law) KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - High seas, Jurisdiction over KW - Marine law KW - Ocean KW - Ocean law KW - Sea, Law of the KW - Maritime law KW - Territorial waters UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7839176 AB - This study provides an in-depth analysis of the Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention as adopted in May 2009 and a thorough analysis of the overall status quo of ship recycling regulations. It investigates the lack of sufficient ratifications of the Convention from both a legal and an economic perspective. The first part of the study focuses on the history of the Convention’s entry-into-force provision and the rationale behind it. Due to the fact that this provision provides a considerable additional obstacle to the Convention’s becoming legally binding, in the second part the focus of the work shifts to unilateral action in this field. An overview of the legal environment of European ship recycling legislation is followed by an analysis and evaluation of a number of proposals by the European Commission attempting to tackle the problems of current ship recycling procedures. With a particular emphasis on (planned) European measures in this regard, the analysis’ overall message is one of cautious optimism. ER -