Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972

• Reference: XI-A-15

XI A 15. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS - CUSTOM MATTERS 1

15. CUSTOMS CONVENTION ON CONTAINERS, 1972

Geneva, 2 December 1972

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 6 December 1975, in accordance with article 19.

REGISTRATION: 6 December 1975, No. 14449.

STATUS: Signatories: 15. Parties: 41.1

TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 988, p. 43 and depositary notifications

C.N.358.1981.TREATIES-1 of 8 December 1981 (amendments to annexes 4 and 6); vol.

1407, p. 389 (amendments to annexes 1, 5, 6 and 7); vol. 1490, p. 531 (amendments to

annex 6); vol. 1488, p. 345 (procès-verbal of rectification of the original French and

Spanish texts); C.N.276.1988.TREATIES-1 of 1 December 1988 (amendments to article

1, paragraph c and annex 6); C.N.36.1994.TREATIES-1 of 10 March 1994 (amendments

to the Convention and annexes 4 and 6); C.N.492.2007.TREATIES-1 of 20 April 2007

(proposal of amendments to Annexes 1 and 4); C.N.327.2008.TREATIES-1 of 22 April

2008 (amendments to Annexes 1 and 4); C.N.328.2019.TREATIES-XI.A.15 of 1 August

2019 (proposal of amendments to Annexes 1 and 4) and C.N.406.2020.TREATIES-

XI.A.15 of 22 September 2020 (acceptance of amendments).2

Note: The Convention was adopted by the United Nations/IMCO Conference on Containers Traffic, held at Geneva from

13 November to 2 December 1972. The Conference was convened in pursuance of a decision taken by the Economic and

Social Council on 22 May 19703 and Council resolutions 1568 (L)4 and 1725 (LIII)5. The Conference adopted a Final Act

containing, inter alia , the texts of eight resolutions (see Doc. E/CONF.59/44). The Convention was open for signature until

15 January 1973 at the Office of the United Nations at Geneva and subsequently from 1 February 1973 until 31 December

1973 inclusive at the Headquarters of the United Nations at New York.

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Participant6

Signature

Ratification,

Acceptance(A),

Approval(AA),

Accession(a),

Succession(d)

Algeria .........................................................

14 Dec 1978 a

Armenia .......................................................

9 Jun 2006 a

Australia.......................................................

10 Nov 1975 a

Austria .........................................................

22 May 1973

17 Jun 1977

Azerbaijan....................................................

17 Jan 2005 a

Belarus.........................................................

22 Oct 1973

1 Sep 1976

Bulgaria .......................................................

12 Jan 1973

22 Feb 1977

Burundi ........................................................

4 Sep 1998 a

Canada .........................................................

5 Dec 1972

10 Dec 1975

China7..........................................................

22 Jan 1986 a

Cuba.............................................................

23 Nov 1984 a

Czech Republic8..........................................

2 Jun 1993 d

Finland.........................................................

26 Dec 1973

22 Feb 1983 A

Georgia ........................................................

2 Jun 1999 a

Greece..........................................................

11 Jan 1973

Hungary .......................................................

10 Jan 1973

12 Dec 1973

Indonesia......................................................

11 Oct 1989 a

Kazakhstan...................................................

25 Jan 2005 a

Kyrgyzstan...................................................

22 Oct 2007 a

Lebanon .......................................................

29 Aug 2013 a

Participant6

Signature

Ratification,

Acceptance(A),

Approval(AA),

Accession(a),

Succession(d)

Liberia..........................................................

16 Sep 2005 a

Lithuania......................................................

27 Mar 2002 a

Montenegro9................................................

23 Oct 2006 d

Morocco.......................................................

14 Aug 1990 a

New Zealand10 .............................................

20 Dec 1974 a

Poland ..........................................................

20 Dec 1972

29 Apr 1982

Republic of Korea........................................

15 Jan 1973

19 Oct 1984

Republic of Moldova...................................

11 Oct 2016 a

Romania.......................................................

11 Dec 1973

6 Mar 1975

Russian Federation ......................................

18 Oct 1973

23 Aug 1976

Saudi Arabia ................................................

23 Dec 2008 a

Serbia...........................................................

6 Sep 2001 a

Slovakia8......................................................

28 May 1993 d

Spain ............................................................

16 Apr 1975 a

Switzerland1.................................................

5 Dec 1972

12 Oct 1976

Trinidad and Tobago ...................................

23 Mar 1990 a

Tunisia .........................................................

11 Mar 2009 a

Turkey..........................................................

15 Dec 1972

13 Jul 1994

Turkmenistan...............................................

14 Jun 2021 a

Ukraine ........................................................

22 Oct 1973

1 Sep 1976