1. As amended by the Protocol of 11 April 1980
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State (b) |
Accession, succession
|
Entry into force |
| Argentina | 19 July 1983 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
| Belarus | 23 January 1997 (e) | 1 August 1997 |
| Belgium | 1 August 2008 (e) | 1 March 2009 |
| Cuba | 2 November 1994 (e) | 1 June 1995 |
| Czech Republic (f),(g) | 30 September 1993 (h) | 1 January 1993 |
| Egypt | 6 December 1982 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
| Guinea | 23 January 1991 (e) | 1 August 1991 |
| Hungary | 16 June 1983 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
| Liberia | 16 September 2005 (e) | 1 April 2006 |
| Mexico | 21 January 1988 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
| Moldova | 28 August 1997 (e) | 1 March 1998 |
| Paraguay | 18 August 2003 (e) | 1 March 2004 |
| Poland | 19 May 1995 (i) | 1 December 1995 |
| Romania | 23 April 1992 (e) | 1 November 1992 |
| Slovakia (f) | 28 May 1993 (h) | 1 January 1993 |
| Slovenia | 2 August 1995 (i) | 1 March 1996 |
| Uganda | 12 February 1992 (i) | 1 September 1992 |
| United States of America (g) | 5 May 1994 (i) | 1 December 1994 |
| Uruguay | 1 April 1997 (i) | 1 November 1997 |
| Zambia | 6 June 1986 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
Parties: 20
(a) The text of the Convention, as amended, has been established by the Secretary-General, as provided for by article XIV of the Protocol.
(b) The German Democratic Republic was a participant by virtue of its accession on 31 August 1989 to the Protocol of 11 April 1980.
(c) In accordance with its article VIII, paragraph 1, the Protocol is open for accession by all States.
In accordance with article VIII, paragraph 2, of the Protocol, accession to the Protocol by any State that is not a Contracting Party to the unamended Convention shall have the effect of accession to the amended Convention, subject to the provisions of article XI of the Protocol.
In accordance with article X of the Protocol, ratification of or accession to the unamended Convention after the entry into force of the Protocol shall also constitute a ratification of or accession to the amended Convention if the State notifies the depositary accordingly.
(d) For information on which States listed above are Parties to the 1980 amending Protocol, contact the Treaty Section, which performs the functions of the depositary in respect of the Protocol.
(e) Accession.
(f) Czechoslovakia was a participant to the Convention and the Protocol by virtue of its accession to the Protocol on 5 March 1990.
(g) Declarations and reservations. Upon accession, Czechoslovakia and the United States of America declared that, pursuant to article XII, they did not consider themselves bound by article I.
(h) Succession.
(i) Participation.
State (b) |
Signature |
Ratification, Accession, Succession
|
Entry into force |
| Argentina | 9 October 1981 (d) | 1 August 1988 | |
| Belarus | 14 June 1974 | 23 January 1997 (e) | 1 August 1997 |
| Belgium | 1 August 2008 (d) | 1 March 2009 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 January 1994 (f) | 6 March 1992 | |
| Brazil | 14 June 1974 | ||
| Bulgaria | 24 February 1975 | ||
| Burundi | 4 September 1998 (d) | 1 April 1999 | |
| Costa Rica | 30 August 1974 | ||
| Cuba | 2 November 1994 (e) | 1 June 1995 | |
| Czech Republic (g) | 30 September 1993 (f) | 1 January 1993 | |
| Dominican Republic | 23 December 1977 (d) | 1 August 1988 | |
| Egypt | 6 December 1982 (e) | 1 August 1988 | |
| Ghana | 5 December 1974 | 7 October 1975 | 1 August 1988 |
| Guinea | 23 January 1991 (d) | 1 August 1991 | |
| Hungary | 14 June 1974 | 16 June 1983 | 1 August 1988 |
| Liberia | 16 September 2005 (d) | 1 April 2006 | |
| Mexico | 21 January 1988 (d) | 1 August 1988 | |
| Moldova | 28 August 1997 (e) | 1 March 1998 | |
| Mongolia | 14 June 1974 | ||
| Montenegro | 23 October 2006 (f) | 3 June 2006 | |
| Nicaragua | 13 May 1975 | ||
| Norway (h) | 11 December 1975 | 20 March 1980 | 1 August 1988 |
| Paraguay | 18 August 2003 (d) | 1 March 2004 | |
| Poland | 14 June 1974 | 19 May 1995 | 1 December 1995 |
| Romania | 23 April 1992 (d) | 1 November 1992 | |
| Russian Federation (i) | 14 June 1974 | ||
| Serbia (j) | 12 March 2001 (f) | 27 April 1992 | |
| Slovakia (g) | 28 May 1993 (f) | 1 January 1993 | |
| Slovenia | 2 August 1995 (e) | 1 March 1996 | |
| Uganda | 12 February 1992 (d) | 1 September 1992 | |
| Ukraine | 14 June 1974 | 13 September 1993 | 1 April 1994 |
| United States of America | 5 May 1994 (d) | 1 December 1994 | |
| Uruguay | 1 April 1997 (d) | 1 November 1997 | |
| Zambia | 6 June 1986 (e) | 1 August 1988 |
Parties: 28
(a) The Convention was concluded in equally authentic Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts. On 11 August 1992, the Secretary-General, in accordance with a request of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, circulated a proposal for the adoption of an authentic Arabic text of the Convention. No objections having been raised, the Arabic text was deemed adopted on 9 November 1992 with the same status as that of the other authentic texts referred to in the Convention.
(b) The Convention had been signed by the former German Democratic Republic on 14 June 1974, ratified by it on 31 August 1989 and entered into force on 1 March 1990.
(c) In accordance with article XI of the Protocol, the Contracting Parties to the amended Convention are considered to be also Contracting Parties to the unamended Convention in relation to any Contracting Party to the unamended Convention not yet a Contracting Party to the 1980 Protocol, unless the depositary is notified to the contrary.
(d) Accession.
(e) Participation.
(f) Succession
(g) The former Czechoslovakia on 29 August 1975 and deposited an instrument of ratification on 26 May 1977, with the Convention entering into force for the former Czechoslovakia on 1 August 1988. On 28 May and 30 September 1993, respectively, Slovakia and the Czech Republic deposited instruments of succession with effect from 1 January 1993, the date of succession of both States.
(h) Declarations and reservations. Upon signature, Norway declared, and confirmed upon ratification, that, in accordance with article 34, the Convention would not govern contracts of sale where the seller and the buyer both had their relevant places of business within the territories of the Nordic States (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
(i) The Russian Federation continues, as from 24 December 1991, the membership of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the United Nations and maintains, as from that date, full responsibility for all the rights and obligations of the USSR under the Charter of the United Nations and the multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
(j) The former Yugoslavia acceded to the Convention on 27 November 1978. On 12 March 2001 the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia declared the following:
"The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, having considered [the Convention], succeeds to the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from April 27, 1992, the date upon which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia assumed responsibility for its international relations."
