The current differences in national legislations regarding limitation periods, and particularly the starting date, the possibility of interrupting or stopping the running of time and the date of expiration, may have undesirable consequences for accident victims.
Kioto protokols, kura darbība beigsies 2012. gadā, nosaka starptautiska līmeņa pasākumus siltumnīcefektu radošo gāzu emisijas mazināšanai.