LLMC 1976 - Contracting States
Albania (accession) 1 October 2004
Algeria (accession) 1 December 2004
Antigua and Barbuda (accession) 1 February 2010
Australia (accession) 1 June 1991
Azerbaijan (accession) 1 November 2004
Bahamas (accession) 1 December 1986
Barbados (accession) 1 September 1994
Belgium (accession)1, 2 1 October 1989
Benin (accession) 1 December 1986
Bulgaria (accession) 1 November 2005
China1, 2, 4 1 July 1997
Congo (accession) 1 January 2005
Cook Islands (accession) 1 July 2007
Croatia (accession) 1 June 1993
Cyprus (accession)1 1 April 2006
Denmark (ratification) 1 December 1986
Dominica (accession) 1 November 2001
Egypt (accession) 1 July 1988
Equatorial Guinea (accession) 1 August 1996
Estonia (accession) 1 February 2003
Finland (ratification) 1 December 1986
France (approval)1, 2 1 December 1986
Georgia (accession) 1 June 1996
Germany (ratification)1, 2, 5 1 September 1987
Greece (accession) 1 November 1991
Guyana (accession) 1 April 1998
Hungary (accession) 1 November 2008
India (accession) 1 December 2002
Ireland(accession)1 1 June 1998
Jamaica (accession) 1 December 2005
Japan (accession)1 1 December 1986
Kiribati (accession) 1 June 2006
Latvia (accession) 1 November 1999
Liberia (accession) 1 December 1986
Lithuania (accession) 1 July 2004
Luxembourg (accession) 1 March 2006
Marshall Islands (accession) 1 March 1995
Mauritius (accession) 1 April 2003
Mexico (accession) 1 September 1994
Netherlands (accession)1, 2 1 September 1990
New Zealand (accession)6 1 June 1994
Nigeria (accession) 1 June 2004
Norway (ratification)2 1 December 1986
Poland (accession)2 1 December 1986
Romania (accession) 1 July 2007
Saint Lucia (accession) 1 September 2004
Samoa (accession) 1 September 2004
Sierra Leone (accession) 1 December 2001
Singapore (accession)1 1 May 2005
Spain (ratification) 1 December 1986
Sweden (ratification)2 1 December 1986
Switzerland (accession)2 1 April 1988
Syrian Arab Republic (accession) 1 January 2006
Tonga (accession) 1 January 2004
Trinidad and Tobago (accession) 1 July 2000
Turkey (accession) 1 July 1998
Tuvalu (accession) 1 May 2009
United Arab Emirates (accession) 1 March 1998
United Kingdom (ratification)1, 2, 3 1 December 1986
Vanuatu (accession) 1 January 1993
Yemen (accession) 1 December 1986
Number of Contracting States: 61
The Convention applies provisionally in respect of:
Belize
1 For the text of a declaration, reservation or statement, see section IV.
2 With a notification under article 15(2), see section V.
3 The United Kingdom declared its ratification to be effective also in respect of:
Bailiwick of Jersey
Bailiwick of Guernsey
Belize*
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Hong Kong**
Isle of Man
Montserrat
Pitcairn
Saint Helena and Dependencies
Turks and Caicos Islands
United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in the Island of Cyprus
Anguilla
British Antarctic Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
extended from 4 February 1999
* Has since become the independent State of Belize to which the Convention applies provisionally.
** Ceased to apply to Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997.
4 Applies only to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
5 On 3 October 1990 the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany. The German Democratic Republic had acceded1, 8 to the Convention on 17 February 1989.
6 The instrument of accession contained the following statement:
"AND WHEREAS it is not intended that the accession by the Government of New Zealand to the Convention should extend to Tokelau;".
Denunciations
Belgium 1 November 2010
Denmark 1 April 2005
Finland 13 May 2004
Germany 13 May 2004
Japan 1 August 2006
Norway 1 November 2006
Spain 1 November 2007
Sweden 1 August 2005
United Kingdom1 13 May 2004
Number of denouncing States: 9
1 Extension of the denunciation by the United Kingdom to the Island of Jersey.
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