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| Not yet in force: | see article 9 which reads as follows: "1. This Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date on which the Governments of five States have deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, provided that one or more waterways of the international inland waterway network for combined transport link, in a continous manner, the territories of at least three of the States which have deposited such an instrument. 2. If the above condition is not fulfilled, the Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, whereby the said condition will be satisfied. 3. For each State which deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession after the commencement of the period of 90 days specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, the Protocol shall enter into frce 90 days after the date of deposit of the said instument.". |
| Status: | Signatories: 15 ,Parties: 8. |
| Text: | Depositary notification C.N.444.1997.TREAITES-1 of 7 November 1997. |
Note: The Protocol has been adopted by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe on 17 January 1997. In accordance with its article 6 (1), the Protocol will be open at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva for signature by States which are Contracting Parties to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991 from 1 November 1997 to 31 October 1998.
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| Participant | Signature | Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a) |
| Austria | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Bulgaria | 28 Oct 1998 | 20 May 1999 |
| Czech Republic | 13 Nov 1997 | 2 Sep 1998 AA |
| Denmark | 13 Nov 1997 | 26 Feb 1998 A |
| France | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Germany | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Greece | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Hungary | 13 Nov 1997 | 27 Sep 2007 AA |
| Italy | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Luxembourg | 29 Apr 1998 | 7 Mar 2000 |
| Netherlands | 13 Nov 1997 | 2 Nov 1999 A |
| Portugal | 13 Nov 1997 | |
| Romania | 13 Nov 1997 | 24 Feb 1999 |
| Slovakia | 29 Jun 1998 | |
| Switzerland | 13 Nov 1997 | 4 Mar 1998 |
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Declaration:
Upon signature:
"Since this Protocol is entitled a Protocol to the 1991 European Agreement on important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) and since in particular, its articles 6, 8 and 16 require that Parties to the Protocol must be and remain parties to the AGTC, the Protocol is clearly intimately linked to the AGTC;
Accordingly, Austria declares hereby that it is clear that the Safeguard Clause, as expressed in article 17 of the AGTC also applies to the present Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the AGTC."
Declaration:
Upon signature:
"[Same text, mutatis mutandis, as the one made under Austria.]"
Declaration:
Upon signature:
[Same text, mutatis mutandis, as the one made under Austria.]
Declaration:
Upon signature:
[Same text, mutatis mutandis, as the one made under Austria.]
Declaration:
"The Government of the Republic of Hungary hereby declare, that the approval of the Protocol cannot be interpreted as a commitment to fulfil the required work concerning the adaptation of any inland waterway for combined transport not belonging to the jurisdiction of the Republic of Hungary but mentioned in the Annex to the Protocol.
Since this Protocol is a Protocol to the 1991 European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) and since in particular, its articles 6, 8 and 16 require that parties to this Protocol must be and remain parties to the AGTC, the Protocol is clearly and intimately linked to the AGTC.
Accordingly, the Republic of Hungary declares hereby that it is clear that the Safeguard Clause, as expressed in article 17 of the AGTC also applies to the present Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the AGTC."
Reservation:
"In accordance with Article 12 the Republic of Hungary does not consider itself bound by Article 11 of this Protocol concerning arbitration and shall not apply it."
Declaration:
Upon signature:
[The Government of Luxembourg] declares that the maximum length established in annex III, item III (A), may be reached with respect to the construction of additional locks on the Moselle, with the agreement of the International Commission for the Moselle.
[Same text, mutatis mutandis, as the one made under Austria.]
Declaration:
Upon signature:
[Same text, mutatis mutandis, as the one made under Austria.]