Customs Convention on Containers
Geneva, 18 May 1956
Entry into force: | 4 August 1959 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 13 [Note: Article 20(1) of the Customs Convention on Containers 1972 (see chapter XI.A-15), provides that, upon its entry into force, it shall terminate and replace, in relations between the Parties to the latter Convention, the present Convention. The said Convention of 1972 came into force on 6 December 1975.]. |
Registration: | 4 August 1959, No. 4834. |
Status: | Signatories: 12 ,Parties: 44. |
Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 338, p. 103. |
Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
Algeria | 31 Oct 1963 a | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 25 Oct 1988 d | |
Australia | 6 Jan 1967 a | |
Austria | 18 May 1956 | 13 Nov 1957 |
Belgium | 18 May 1956 | 27 May 1960 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 Jan 1994 d | |
Bulgaria | 18 Jan 1960 a | |
Cambodia | 4 Aug 1959 a | |
Cameroon | 24 Sep 1963 a | |
Canada | 8 Sep 1972 a | |
Croatia | 31 Aug 1994 d | |
Cuba | 4 Aug 1965 a | |
Czech Republic | 2 Jun 1993 d | |
Denmark | 3 Sep 1965 a | |
Finland | 15 Jun 1961 a | |
France | 18 May 1956 | 20 May 1959 |
Germany | 18 May 1956 | 23 Oct 1961 |
Greece | 12 Sep 1961 a | |
Hungary | 18 May 1956 | 23 Jul 1957 |
Ireland | 7 Jul 1967 a | |
Israel | 14 Nov 1967 a | |
Italy | 18 May 1956 | 29 Mar 1962 |
Jamaica | 11 Nov 1963 d | |
Japan | 14 May 1971 a | |
Luxembourg | 18 May 1956 | 25 Oct 1960 |
Malawi | 24 May 1969 a | |
Mauritius | 18 Jul 1969 d | |
Montenegro | 23 Oct 2006 d | |
Netherlands | 18 May 1956 | 27 Jul 1960 |
Norway | 22 Nov 1961 a | |
Poland | 18 May 1956 | 6 May 1959 |
Portugal | 1 May 1964 a | |
Romania | 1 Nov 1967 a | |
Serbia | 12 Mar 2001 d | |
Sierra Leone | 13 Mar 1962 d | |
Slovakia | 28 May 1993 d | |
Slovenia | 3 Nov 1992 d | |
Solomon Islands | 3 Sep 1981 d | |
Spain | 21 Jan 1959 a | |
Sweden | 18 May 1956 | 11 Aug 1959 |
Switzerland | 18 May 1956 | 7 Jul 1960 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 11 Apr 1966 d | |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18 May 1956 | 23 May 1958 |
United States of America | 3 Dec 1968 a |
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