DR JUSTYNA NAWROT is an assistant professor in Maritime Law Department, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk, where she teaches maritime law. DR ZUZANNA PEPŁOWSKA-DĄBROWSKA is an assistant professor at the Commercial and Maritime Law Department of the Law and Administration Faculty at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

• 1. Implementation of IMO treaties into the domestic legislation. Implementation and enforcement as the key to effectiveness of international treaties; 2. The EU Maritime Safety Rules: Raising the Bar within Europe and Beyond; 3. Maritime safety from the perspective of the EEA EFTA countries; 4. Maritime safety in Belgium – An Overview of the Legal Framework; 5. Maritime Safety – Croatian Legal Framework; 6. French rules concerning maritime safety and security; 7. German Maritime Safety laws: Comprehensive but Complicated 8. Brief reflections on the regulation and implementation of maritime safety in the U.K.; 9. Maritime Safety - Greece; 10. The Italian legal framework on maritime safety: recent developments and future perspectives; 11. An overview of the maritime safety laws in Malta; 12. Comparative maritime safety – Netherlands; 13. Norway – playing it safe; 14. Taking maritime safety seriously – the Polish perspective; 15. Maritime safety and security in Spain; 16. Maritime safety in Turkey