LLMC 1976 and 1996 Protocol – Contracting States

As at 22/04/2022

LLMC Convention 76
(Date of entry into force)

LLMC Protocol 96
(Date of entry into force)

Albania

1 October 2004

5 September 2004

Algeria

1 December 2004

-

Antigua & Barbuda

1 February 2010

10 January 2010

Australia

d

13 May 2004

Azerbaijan

1 November 2004

-

Bahamas

1 December 1986

-

Bahrain

1 October 2019

19 September 2019

Barbados

1 September 1994

-

Belgium

d

7 January 2010

Benin

1 December 1986

-

Bulgaria

1 November 2005

2 October 2005

Canada

-

7 August 2008

Comoros

-

2 May 2018

Congo

1 January 2005

17 August 2014

Cook Islands

1 July 2007

10 June 2007

Croatia

1 June 1993

13 August 2006

Cyprus

1 April 2006

23 March 2006

Denmark

d

13 May 2004

Dominica

1 December 2001

-

Egypt

1 July 1988

-

Equatorial Guinea

1 August 1996

-

Estonia

1 February 2003

14 June 2011

Finland

d

13 May 2004

France

1 December 1986

23 July 2007

Georgia

1 June 1996

-

Germany

d

13 May 2004

Greece

1 November 1991

4 October 2009

Guyana

1 April 1998

21 May 2019

Hong Kong, China

1 July 1997

3 May 2015

Hungary

1 November 2008

2 October 2008

Iceland

-

15 February 2009

India

1 December 2002

21 June 2011

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

1 December 2015

-

Ireland

1 June 1998

24 April 2012

Jamaica

1 December 2005

17 November 2005

Japan

d

1 August 2006

Kenya

-

5 October 2015

Kiribati

1 June 2007

-

Latvia

1 November 1999

17 July 2007

Liberia

1 December 1986

17 December 2008

Lithuania

1 July 2004

13December 2007

Luxembourg

1 March 2006

19 February 2006

Madagascar

-

25 October 2017

Malaysia

-

10 February 2009

Malta

-

13 May 2004

Marshall Islands

1 March 1995

30 April 2006

Mauritius

1 April 2003

-

Mexico

1 September 1994

-

Mongolia

1 January 2012

27 December 2011

Nauru

-

21 June 2020

Netherlands

d

23 March 2011

New Zealand

d

3 July 2014

Nigeria

1 June 2004

-

Niue

1 October 2012

25 September 2012

Norway

d

13 May 2004

Palau

-

28 December 2011

Poland

1 December 1986

15 February 2012

Portugal

-

17 January 2018

Romania

1 July 2007

10 June 2007

Russian Federation

-

13 May 2004

Saint Lucia

1 September 2004

18 August 2004

Samoa

1 September 2004

16 August 2004

San Marino

-

18 July 2021

Saudi Arabia

1 August 2018

5 July 2018

Serbia

1 July 2013

17 June 2013

Sierra Leone

1 November 2001

13 May 2004

Singapore

d

29 December 2019

Slovenia

-

4 October 2015

Spain

d

10 April 2005

Sweden

d

20 October 2004

Switzerland

1 April 1998

-

Syrian Arab Republic

1 January 2006

1 December 2005

Tonga

1 January 2004

13 May 2004

Trinidad and Tobago

1 July 2000

-

Turkey

1 July 1998

17 October 2010

Tuvalu

1 May 2009

12 April 2009

United Arab Emirates

1 March 1998

23 May 2021

United Kingdom

d

13 May 2004

Vanuatu

1 January 1993

-

Yemen

1 December 1986

-

Notes:

Jacqueline Tan

Legal Services Manager

Date11/05/2022