In order not to lag behind a movement already widely engaged at the international level and to benefit from the advantages of an instrument whose success is well established, France is considering ratifying very soon the Cape Town Convention and its Luxemburg Rail Protocol. While such a decision can be enthusiastically approved, this ratification, which does not rise any major legal difficulties, will nevertheless lead the French authorities to examine the often neglected but very important in practice, issue of declarations. We know that the Convention is not a full “one-size-fits-all” instrument, and that adaptation to national legal contexts and traditions is, in some sensitive areas, necessary. This study proposes to consider the declarations that France might or might not have to make under the CTC and the Rail Protocol and the challenges that are attached to these choices.

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批准 de la Convention du Cap et deson Protocole ferroviaire : la délicate alchimie du choix des déclarations (ou du bon usage du sur-mesure d'un point de vue français)

为了不落后于已经在国际层面广泛参与的运动，并受益于已取得成功的文书的优势，法国正在考虑尽快批准开普敦公约及其卢森堡铁路议定书。虽然可以热情地批准这样的决定，但这种批准不会引起任何重大的法律困难，但仍将导致法国当局审查经常被忽视但在实践中非常重要的声明问题。我们知道，《公约》并不是一个完整的“一刀切”的文书，在某些敏感领域，适应国家法律背景和传统是必要的。