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41.c. Food Aid Convention, 1999

London, 13 April 1999

 

Entry into force: 1 July 1999, in accordance with article XXIV (b)1.
Registration: 1 July 1999, No. 32022.
Status: Signatories: 14 ,Parties: 23.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2073, p. 135; et C.N.954.1999.TREATIES-22 of 22 October 1999 (procès-verbal of correction to the original English, French, Russian and Spanish texts of the Convention). 

Note: The Convention was adopted on 13 April 1999 at London. In accordance with its article XXII (a), the Convention will be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York by the Governments and organization referred to in paragraph (e) of article III, from 1 May 1999 until and including 30 June 1999.

In accordance with articles XXII (b) and XXIII (a) of the Convention the Conference of Governments held initially in London on 2 July 1999, and on the following dates thereafter, took the following decisions:
Date of decision    Subject 
2 July   1999  Extension until 30 June 2000 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by the following States/Organisation : Argentina, Australia, the European Community and the following member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America . 
12 to 13 June  2000  Extension until 30 June 2001 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by the following States/Organisation : Argentina, the European Community and the following member States: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Norway and the United States of America. 
11 to 12 June  2001  Extension until 30 June 2002 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal. 
17 to 18 June  2002  Extension of the Convention until 30 June 2003; and 
    Extension until 30 June 2003 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, Austria, France, Luxembourg and Portugal. 
23 - 24 June  2003  Extension of the Convention until 30 June 2005, with effect from 1 July 2003; and  
    Extension until 30 June 2004 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, France, Luxembourg and Portugal. 
14 June  2004  Extension until 30 June 2005 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. 
13 June  2005  Extension of the Convention until 30 June 2007 with effect from 1 July 2005; and 
    Extension until 30 June 2006 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. 
15 June  2006  Extension until 30 June 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession by the following States: Argentina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. 
28 June  2007  Extension of the Convention until 30 June 2008, with effect from 1 July 2007. 

 

 

PARTICIPANTS

Participant  Signature  Provisional application (n)  Ratification, Accession (a), Acceptance (A), Approval (AA) 
Australia      7 Dec 1999 a 
Austria      7 Aug 2002 a 
Belgium  30 Jun 1999  30 Jun 1999 n  14 Dec 2001 
Canada  21 Jun 1999    21 Jun 1999 
Denmark  29 Jun 1999    2 Jul 1999 
European Community  29 Jun 1999  29 Jun 1999 n  19 Jul 2000 AA 
Finland  30 Jun 1999    19 Jul 1999 A 
France  29 Jun 1999  30 Jun 1999 n  17 Oct 2002 
Germany  29 Jun 1999  29 Jun 1999 n  24 Jul 2000 
Greece      23 Apr 2002 a 
Ireland  29 Jun 1999    29 Jun 1999 
Italy      21 Mar 2001 a 
Japan  25 Jun 1999  25 Jun 1999 n  20 Dec 1999 A 
Luxembourg  29 Jun 1999    27 Jul 2004 
Netherlands2      23 Jun 2000 a 
Norway  30 Jun 1999  30 Jun 1999 n  20 Jun 2000 
Poland      15 Sep 2006 a 
Portugal      27 Feb 2007 a 
Spain  29 Jun 1999  29 Jun 1999 n  9 Jan 2001 
Sweden      26 May 2000 a 
Switzerland      29 Jun 1999 a 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  29 Jun 1999  29 Jun 1999 n  27 Jun 2000 
United States of America  16 Jun 1999    5 Jan 2001 
 

 

NOTES

1. In accordance with paragraph (b) of Article XXIV (b) of the Convention, a Conference of Governments held in London on 2 July 1999 decided to bring the Food Aid Convention, 1999 into force as of 1 July 1999 among the Governments and the intergovernmental organization which had by 30 June 1999 deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or declarations of provisional application of the Convention.

2. For the Kingdom in Europe.