عربي中文EnglishFrançaisРусскийEspañol

Status

2005 - United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts

This page is updated whenever the UNCITRAL Secretariat is informed of changes in status of the Convention.

Readers are also advised to consult the United Nations Treaty Collection for authoritative status information on UNCITRAL Conventions deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The UNCITRAL Secretariat also prepares yearly a document containing the Status of Conventions and Enactments of UNCITRAL Model Laws, which is available on the web page of the corresponding UNCITRAL Commission Session.

Information on jurisdictions enacting at the national level substantive provisions of the Convention is available here (see note (e)).

See also:
Chronological table of actions

All dates: DD/MM/YYYY

State

Notes

Signature

Ratification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)

Entry into force

Central African Republic 27/02/2006
China 06/07/2006
Colombia 27/09/2007
Dominican Republic 02/08/2012(*) 01/03/2013
Honduras 16/01/2008 15/06/2010 01/03/2013
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26/09/2007
Lebanon 22/05/2006
Madagascar 19/09/2006
Montenegro 27/09/2007
Panama 25/09/2007
Paraguay 26/03/2007
Philippines 25/09/2007
Republic of Korea 15/01/2008
Russian Federation 25/04/2007
Saudi Arabia 12/11/2007
Senegal 07/04/2006
Sierra Leone 21/09/2006
Singapore (a) 06/07/2006 07/07/2010 01/03/2013
Sri Lanka 06/07/2006

Parties: 3

Notes

(a) Upon ratification, Singapore declared: The Convention shall not apply to electronic communications relating to any contract for the sale or other disposition of immovable property, or any interest in such property. The Convention shall also not apply in respect of (i) the creation or execution of a will; or (ii) the creation, performance or enforcement of an indenture, declaration of trust or power of attorney, that may be contracted for in any contract governed by the Convention.