Members of the the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (CPPC) meeting
The Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (CPPC) met in person and online on 13 May 2025 with 13 participants from 6 CPPCs. The Contracting Parties provided an update on their respective national legislative and administrative processes, financial securities and other actions related to the implementation of the Paris Convention and the Brussels Supplementary Conventions. In addition, the Contracting Parties discussed several nuclear liability-related matters that touch upon the operation and interpretation of the Paris and Brussels Supplementary Conventions, including the application of the Paris Convention to nuclear incidents occurring, or nuclear damage suffered, on the high seas or in international airspace, the reciprocity conditions under Article 2(a)(iv) of the Paris Convention and the Table on Status of the Decisions, Recommendations and Interpretations Concerning the Paris Convention Adopted by the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy in Contracting Parties to the Paris Convention.
The Secretariat also provided an update on the activities of the CPPC-related working groups: the Working Group on the Conditions to Call upon the Supplementary Funds Pursuant to the Brussels Supplementary Convention (WG on BSC Third Tier), the Working Group on Fusion and the Possibility of its Inclusion within the Scope of the Paris Convention (WG on Fusion) and the Expert Group on Nuclear Installations for the Decay Storage of Certain Types of Low-level Short Lived Radioactive Waste (EGDS).
A total of 16 countries are parties to the Paris Convention, covering 94 operating reactors and 6 under construction out of a total of 416 operating reactors worldwide and 61 under construction. Of those countries, 13 are also parties to the Brussels Supplementary Convention.
