Between the beginning of 2015 and mid–2017, six countries with either existing or expected importance for the aircraft finance and leasing industry acceded to the Cape Town Convention (Australia, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the UK and Vietnam). The Cape Town Convention offers acceding Contracting States a variety of options how to ratify and implement the treaty. This article attempts to analyse the approach taken by each respective ‘newcomer’, inter alia by reference to the ‘Cape Town Convention quality standard matrix’ developed by the OECD.
Air and Space Law