Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring
New York, 4 June 1954
Entry into force: | 11 September 1957, in accordance with article 16. |
Registration: | 11 September 1957, No. 3992. |
Status: | Signatories: 32 ,Parties: 79 |
Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 276, p. 191; vol. 596, p. 542 (amendment to article 2). |
Note: The Convention was adopted by the United Nations Conference on Customs Formalities for the Temporary Importation of Private Road Motor Vehicles and for Tourism, held at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, from 11 May to 4 June 1954. It also adopted the Additional Protocol to the said Convention, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material, and the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. The Conference was convened by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with resolution 468 F (XV4)4 adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on 15 April 1953. For the text of the Final Act of the Conference, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 276, p. 191. | |
Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
Albania | 9 Aug 2010 a | |
Algeria | 31 Oct 1963 a | |
Argentina | 4 Jun 1954 | 19 Dec 1986 |
Australia | 6 Jan 1967 a | |
Austria | 4 Jun 1954 | 30 Mar 1956 |
Barbados | 5 Mar 1971 d | |
Belgium | 4 Jun 1954 | 21 Feb 1955 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 Sep 1993 d | |
Bulgaria | 7 Oct 1959 a | |
Cambodia | 4 Jun 1954 | 29 Nov 1955 |
Canada | 1 Jun 1955 a | |
Central African Republic | 15 Oct 1962 a | |
Chile | 15 Aug 1974 a | |
Costa Rica | 20 Jul 1954 | 4 Sep 1963 |
Croatia | 31 Aug 1994 d | |
Cuba | 4 Jun 1954 | 23 Oct 1963 |
Cyprus | 16 May 1963 d | |
Denmark | 13 Oct 1955 a | |
Dominican Republic | 4 Jun 1954 | |
Ecuador | 4 Jun 1954 | 30 Aug 1962 |
Egypt | 4 Jun 1954 | 4 Apr 1957 |
El Salvador | 18 Jun 1958 a | |
Fiji | 31 Oct 1972 d | |
Finland | 21 Jun 1962 a | |
France | 4 Jun 1954 | 24 Apr 1959 |
Germany | 4 Jun 1954 | 16 Sep 1957 |
Ghana | 16 Jun 1958 a | |
Greece | 15 Jan 1974 a | |
Guatemala | 4 Jun 1954 | |
Haiti | 4 Jun 1954 | 12 Feb 1958 |
Holy See | 4 Jun 1954 | |
Honduras | 15 Jun 1954 | |
Hungary | 29 Oct 1963 a | |
India | 30 Dec 1954 | 5 May 1958 |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3 Apr 1968 a | |
Ireland | 14 Aug 1967 a | |
Israel | 1 Aug 1957 a | |
Italy | 4 Jun 1954 | 12 Feb 1958 |
Jamaica | 11 Nov 1963 d | |
Japan | 2 Dec 1954 | 7 Sep 1955 |
Jordan | 18 Dec 1957 a | |
Lebanon | 16 Mar 1971 a | |
Liberia | 16 Sep 2005 a | |
Lithuania | 1 Dec 2005 a | |
Luxembourg | 6 Dec 1954 | 21 Nov 1956 |
Malaysia | 7 May 1958 d | |
Mali | 1 Aug 1973 a | |
Malta | 3 Jan 1966 d | |
Mauritius | 18 Jul 1969 d | |
Mexico | 4 Jun 1954 | 13 Jun 1957 |
Monaco | 4 Jun 1954 | |
Montenegro | 23 Oct 2006 d | |
Morocco | 25 Sep 1957 a | |
Nepal | 21 Sep 1960 a | |
Netherlands | 4 Jun 1954 | 7 Mar 1958 |
New Zealand | 17 Aug 1962 a | |
Nigeria | 26 Jun 1961 d | |
Norway | 10 Oct 1961 a | |
Panama | 4 Jun 1954 | |
Peru | 16 Jan 1959 a | |
Philippines | 4 Jun 1954 | 9 Feb 1960 |
Poland | 16 Mar 1960 a | |
Portugal | 4 Jun 1954 | 18 Sep 1958 |
Romania | 26 Jan 1961 a | |
Russian Federation | 17 Aug 1959 a | |
Rwanda | 1 Dec 1964 d | |
Senegal | 19 Apr 1972 a | |
Serbia | 12 Mar 2001 d | |
Sierra Leone | 13 Mar 1962 d | |
Singapore | [22 Nov 1966 d] | |
Slovenia | 6 Jul 1992 d | |
Solomon Islands | 3 Sep 1981 d | |
Spain | 4 Jun 1954 | 18 Aug 1958 |
Sri Lanka | 4 Jun 1954 | 28 Nov 1955 |
Sweden | 4 Jun 1954 | 11 Jun 1957 |
Switzerland | 4 Jun 1954 | 23 May 1956 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 26 Mar 1959 | |
Tonga | 11 Nov 1977 d | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 11 Apr 1966 d | |
Tunisia | 20 Jun 1974 a | |
Turkey | 26 Apr 1983 a | |
Uganda | 15 Apr 1965 a | |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4 Jun 1954 | 27 Feb 1956 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 22 Jun 1964 a | |
United States of America | 4 Jun 1954 | 25 Jul 1956 |
Uruguay | 4 Jun 1954 | 8 Sep 1967 |
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