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| Entry into force: | 27 November 1924, in accordance with article 26. |
| Registration: | 27 November 1924, No. 7751. |
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| Austria | (September 11th, 1924) |
| Belgium | (October 4th, 1924) |
| Brazil | (July 10th, 1929) |
| British Empire 2 | (August 29th, 1924) |
| It is stated in the instrument of ratification that this ratification shall not be deemed to apply in the case of the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia (or any territory under its authority) or the Irish Free State or in the case of India, and that in pursuance of the power reserved in Article XXIX of the Convention, it shall not be deemed to apply in the case of the Island of Newfoundland or of the territories of Iraq and Nauru, in respect of which His Britannic Majesty has accepted a mandate. It does not apply to the Sudan. | |
| Burma3 | |
| Australia | (March 13th, 1925) |
| Excluding Papua, Norfolk Island and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea | |
| New Zealand | (August 29th, 1924) |
| Includes the mandated territory of Western Samoa. | |
| Union of South Africa | (August 29th, 1924) |
| India | (March 13th, 1925) |
| Bulgaria | (December 10th, 1926) |
| China 4 | (February 23rd, 1926) |
| Czechoslovakia 5 | (February 10th, 1927) |
| Denmark | (May 17th, 1924) |
| Egypt | (March 23rd, 1925) |
| Estonia | (February 28th, 1930 a) |
| Finland | (May 23rd, 1928) |
| France | (September 13th, 1926) |
| Does not apply to the Colonies under its sovereignty. | |
| Morocco (French Protectorate) | (November 8th, 1926) |
| Tunis | (November 8th, 1926) |
| Syria and Lebanon | (March 9th, 1933 a) |
| Germany | (August 1st, 1925) |
| Greece | (July 6th, 1927) |
| Hungary | (February 23rd, 1926) |
| Iran | (May 8th, 1925 a) |
| Iraq | (May 3rd, 1934 a) |
| Italy | (June 13th, 1924) |
| Latvia | (September 28th, 1931 a) |
| Luxembourg | (June 10th, 1927) |
| The Netherlands (including the Netherlands Indies, Surinamand Curaçao) | (May 30th, 1925) |
| Norway | (September 7th, 1926) |
| Poland | (September 4th, 1931) |
| Romania | (December 23rd, 1925) |
| Under the same reservations as those formulated by the other Governments and inserted in Article 6 of the Protocol, the Royal Government understands that Article 22 of the Convention confers the right to have recourse to the procedure provided for in this Article for questions of a general nature solely on the High Contracting Parties, private persons being only entitled to appeal to their own judicial authorities in case any dispute arises with the authorities of the Kingdom. | |
| Sweden | (February 12th, 1926) |
| Switzerland | (January 3rd, 1927) |
| Thailand | (May 19th, 1925) |
| Yugoslavia | (May 2nd, 1929) |
Chile | Lithuania | Paraguay | Portugal | Spain | Uruguay | |
| Participant2,6 | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) | Denunciation |
| Cyprus | 6 May 1964 d | |
| Czech Republic5 | 9 Feb 1996 d | |
| Fiji | 31 Oct 1972 d | 31 Oct 1972 |
| Israel | 29 Aug 1966 a | |
| Japan | 29 Jul 1952 | |
| Lesotho | 12 Jan 1970 a | |
| Malawi | 16 Feb 1967 a | |
| Niger | 14 Mar 1966 a | |
| Nigeria | 14 Sep 1964 d | |
| Pakistan | 27 Jan 1951 d | |
| Singapore | 22 Dec 1967 a | |
| Slovakia5 | 28 May 1993 d | |
| Solomon Islands | 3 Sep 1981 d | |
| Tonga | 11 Nov 1977 d | |
| Zimbabwe | 1 Dec 1998 d |
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1. League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 30, p.371. The Convention and Protocol came into force on the same day.
2. On 6 June and 10 June 1997, the Governments of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General of the following:
China:
[Same notification as the one made under note 2 in chapter V.3.]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
[Same notification as the one made under note 4 in chapter IV.1.]
The notification made by China also contained the following reservation:
The Government of the People's Republic of China also declares that it has reservation to paragraph 3 of Article 22 of the [said Convention].
4. See note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 4 in chapter I.1).
5. See note 11 in chapter I.2.
6. In a notification received on 21 February 1974, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated that the German Democratic Republic had declared the reapplication of the Convention as of 6June1958.
In this connection, the Secretary-General received, on 10 June 1976, the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that the notification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic of 31 January 1974 concerning the application, as from 6 June 1958, of the International Convention of 3 November 1923 relating to the Simplification of Custom Formalities cannot, either for the past or for the future by itself have the effect of establishing contractual relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic.
See also note 14 in chapter I.2.