United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg)

Presentations of the Convention: Unofficial Status Of Convention (As of 21 May 1996).
State * Signature Ratification
Accession		 Entry into Force
Austria 30 April 197929 July 19931 August 1994
Barbados 2 February 19811 November 1992
Botswana 16 February 19881 November 1992
Brazil 31 March 1978
Burkina Faso 14 August 19891 November 1992
Cameroon 21 October 19931 November 1994
Chile 31 March 19789 July 19821 November 1992
Chzech Republic x/ 2 June 199323 June 19951 July 1996
Denmark 18 April 1979
Ecuador 31 March 1978
Egypt 31 March 197823 April 19791 November 1992
Finland 18 April 1979
France 18 April 1979
Gambia 7 February 19961 March 1997
Germany 31 March 1978
Georgia 21 March 19961 April 1997
Ghana 31 March 1978
Guinea 23 January 19911 November 1992
Holy See 31 March 1978
Hungary 23 April 19795 July 19841 November 1992
Kenya 31 July 19891 November 1992
Lebanon 4 April 19831 November 1992
Lesotho 26 October 19891 November 1992
Madagascar 31 March 1978
Malawi 18 March 19911 November 1992
Mexico 31 March 1978
Morocco 12 June 19811 November 1992
Nigeria 7 November 19881 November 1992
Norway 18 April 1979
Pakistan 8 March 1979
Panama 31 March 1978
Philippines 14 June 1978
Portugal 31 March 1978
Romania 7 January 19821 November 1992
Senegal 31 March 197817 March 19861 November 1992
Slovak Republic x/ 28 May 1993
Sierra Leone 15 August 19787 October 19881 November 1992
Singapore 31 March 1978
Sweden 18 April 1979
Tunisia 15 September 19801 November 1992
Uganda 6 July 19791 November 1992
United Rep. of Tanzania 24 July 19791 November 1992
United States of America 30 April 1979
Venezuela 31 March 1978
Zaire 19 April 1979
Zambia 7 October 19911 November 1992

Signatures only: 20; ratifications, accessions, approval, acceptance and successions: 25

x/ The Convention was signed by the former Czechoslovakia on 6 March 1979. 1/ On 28 May 1993, the Slovak Republic and on 2 June 1993, the Czech Republic, upon ratification, withdrew the declaration, referred to in footnote 1/, that had been made by the former Chechoslovakia.

Declarations and reservations

1/ Upon signing the Convention the former Czechoslovakia declared in accordance with article 26 a formula for converting the amounts of liability referred to in paragraph 2 of that article into the Czechoslovak currency and the amount of the limits of liability to be applied in the territory of Czechoslovakia as expressed in the Czechoslovak currency. [WITHDRAWN see x/]

United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg)

Chronological Table of Ratifications and Accessions




Ratification        			   	Accession
Egypt, 23 April 1979				Uganda, 6 July 1979
Chile, 4 July 1982				United Rep. of Tanzania, 24 July 1979
Hungary, 5 July 1984				Tunisia, 15 September 1980
Senegal, 17 March 1986				Barbados, 2 February 1981
Sierra Leone, 7 October 1988			Morocco, 12 June 1981
Austria, 29 July 1993				Romania, 7 January 1982
Czech Republic, 23 June 1995			Lebanon, 4 April 1983
Gambia, 7 February 1996     			Botswana, 16 February 1988
Georgia, 21 March 1996		 		Nigeria, 7 November 1988						
						Kenya, 31 July 1989
						Burkina Faso, 14 August 1989
						Lesotho, 26 October 1989
						Guinea, 23 January 1991
						Malawi, 18 March 1991
						Zambia, 7 October 1991
						Cameroon, 21 October 1993

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