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Maritime Arrest Legal Reflections on the International Arrest Conventions and on Domestic Law in Germany and Sweden University of Stockholm Faculty of Law Maritime Arrest Legal Reflections on the International Arrest Conventions and on Domestic Law in Germany and Sweden Thesis for obtaining the degree of a “Master of International Law” with specialization in Maritime and Transport Law (LL.M.) Andree Kirchner 6 March 2001 Supervisor: Professor Dr. Hugo Tiberg Director, Axel Ax:son Johnsons Institut för Sjörätt och annan Transporträtt Maritime Arrest CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................III Andree Kirchner I. THE ARREST CONVENTIONS............................................................................................ 2 A. THE 1952 ARREST CONVENTION.............................................................................................2 B. THE 1999 ARREST CONVENTION.............................................................................................8 II. GERMANY............................................................................................................................ 14 A. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................14 B. MARITIME ARREST...............................................................................................................15 1. Requirements of Arrest.................................................................................................... 15 a) Claim of Arrest ............................................................................................................15 (1) Money Claim...........................................................................................................16 (2) Debtor .....................................................................................................................17 b) Reason to Arrest...........................................................................................................20 c) Jurisdiction of a German Court.....................................................................................34 d) Assets to be Arrested....................................................................................................35 2. Execution of Arrest.......................................................................................................... 35 3. Arrest of a Foreign Ship .................................................................................................. 36 C. INADMISSIBLE ARREST .........................................................................................................37 III. SWEDEN ........................................................................................................................... 40 A. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................40 B. MARITIME ARREST...............................................................................................................41 1. Requirements of Arrest.................................................................................................... 41 a) Claim of Arrest ............................................................................................................41 b) Reason to Arrest...........................................................................................................43 c) Jurisdiction of a Swedish Court ....................................................................................44 d) Assets to be Arrested....................................................................................................46 2. Execution of Arrest.......................................................................................................... 47 3. Arrest of a Foreign Ship .................................................................................................. 50 IV. CONCLUSION.................................................................................................................. 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................................................... 56 Die Deutsche Bibliothek – CIP-Einheitsaufnahme ANNEX I ........................................................................................................................................ 66 ANNEX II....................................................................................................................................... 73 Maritime Arrest: Legal Reflections on the International Arrest Conventions and on Domestic Law in Germany and Sweden / ANNEX III ..................................................................................................................................... 85 von Andree Kirchner. ANNEX IV....................................................................................................................................115 Bremen: Andree Kirchner, 2001 ANNEX V......................................................................................................................................148 ANNEX VI ....................................................................................................................................152 ISBN 3-9808857-0-4 ANNEX VII...................................................................................................................................155 ANNEX VIII .................................................................................................................................156 ANNEX IX....................................................................................................................................157 ANNEX X......................................................................................................................................158 ISBN 3 9808857 0 4 © Andree Kirchner 2001 All Rights Reserved II ABBREVIATIONS Justice) e.g. Lat.: exempli gratia (for example) AG Ger.: Amtsgericht (local court) ECJ European Court of Justice B/L - Bs/L Bill of Lading - Bills of Lading ed. editor Baltime Uniform Time-Charter (BIMCO) edn. Edition BayObLG Ger.: Bayerisches Oberstes Landesgericht (Higher Regional Court of Bavaria in Munich) EEC European Economic Community BB Ger.: Betriebsberater (law journal) et al. Lat.: et alii (and others) BFH Ger.: Bundesfinanzhof (Federal Fiscal Court) et seq. - et Lat.: et sequens (and the following) - et sequentes (and those following) seqq. BGB Ger.: Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code) ETR Ger.: Europäisches Transportrecht (law journal) BGBl. Ger.: Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette) FOC flag of convenience BGH Ger.: Bundesgerichtshof (Federal High Court of Justice) Fr. French BIMCO Baltic and International Maritime Conference FRL Sw.: Förmånsrättslagen (Right of Priority Act) BT- Ger.: Bundestagsdrucksache (Printed Matter of the Federal Parliament) Gencon Uniform General Charter of the BIMCO Drucksache cf. Confer Ger. German ch. chapter GVGA Ger.: Geschäftsanweisung für Gerichtsvollzieher (bailiff office instructions) CMI Fr.: Comité Maritime International (International Maritime Committée) Hansa Ger.: Zentralorgan für Schiffahrt, Schiffbau, Häfen (technics and law journal) CPO Ger.: Civilprozeßordnung (Code of Civil Procedure of the German Reich) HGB Ger.: Handelsgesetzbuch (German Commercial Code) DB Ger.: Der Betrieb (law journal) HGZ Ger.: Hanseatische Gerichtszeitung (Hanseatic Court Gazette) Deutzeit Deutscher Zeit-Frachtvertrag 1912 (time charter party) HOLG Ger.: Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht (Hanseatic Higher Regional Court) in Bremen or Hamburg Dfl. Dutch Florin i.a. Lat.: inter alia (among other things) Diss. Ger.: Dissertation (doctoral thesis) i.e. Lat.: id est (that is to say) DM Ger.: Deutsche Mark (deutschemark) ibid. Lat.: ib idem (in the same page) Doc. Document ICS International Chamber of Shipping DRiZ Ger.: Deutsche Richterzeitung (law journal) IMO International Maritime Organisation (former Inter-Governmental Maritime Ds Ju Sw.: Departementsserien (Official Report Series published by the Ministry of III IV (IMCO) Consultative Organisation) RB Sw.: Rättegångsbalk (Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure) IPRax Ger.: Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (law journal) resp. respectively ISSA International Ship Suppliers Association RG Ger.: Reichsgericht (Supreme Court of the German Reich) JD Sw.: Justitiedepartementet (Ministry of Justice) RGBl. Ger.: Reichsgesetzblatt (Reich Law Gazette, 1871-1945) JIGE Joint Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IMO/UNCTAD) RGZ Ger.: Reichsgericht in Zivilsachen (Reports of the RG in civil matters) JURIS legal database (German) RIW Ger.: Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (law journal) JW Ger.: Juristische Wochenschrift (law journal) RT Ger.: Reichstag (Parliament of the German Reich) KG Ger.: Kammergericht (Higher Regional Court of Berlin) RVO Ger.: Reichsversicherungsordnung (German Reich Insurance Code) Kryss Sw.: Kryss & Till Rors (maritime journal) sc. Lat.: scilicet (namely) L/C Letter of Credit SchiffRG Ger.: Gesetz über Rechte an eingetragenen Schiffen und Lat. Latin Schiffsbauwerken (German Law on Rights in Registered Ships and Ships under Construction) LG Ger.: Landgericht (Regional Court) sec. - secs. section – sections LL.M. Lat.: legum magister (Master of Laws) SjöL Sw.: Sjölagen (SMC) M.S. Motor ship SOU Sw.: Statens Offentliga Utredningar (the Official Report Series of Legislative MC Swedish Maritime Code and Investigations
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