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31. Agreement concerning Maritime Signals

Lisbon, 23 October 1930

 

Entry into force: 22 November 1931, in accordance with article 12.
Registration: 22 November 1931, No. 28491.
 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Definitive signatures or accessions and Ratifications Signatures subject to ratification:

Belgium  (February 10th, 1932) 
    Belgium cannot undertake, for the present, to apply the provi sions relating to "Warning of gale expected to affect the locality" which form the first chapter of the Regulations of this Agreement. 
     Further, the ratification by Belgium of the provisions which are the object of Chapter II (Tide and depth signals), and Chapter III (Signals concerning the movement of vessels at the entrances of harbours or important channels), will only take effect when Germany, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway shall have them selves notified their effective ratifications of the provi sions contained in these two chapters. 
    The ratification by Belgium does not apply to the Belgian Congo.
Brazil  (November 21st, 1932 a)
China  (May 29th 1935)
Free City of Danzig (through the intermediaryof Poland)   (October 2nd, 1933)
Finland  (June 12th, 1936)
France  (July 13th, 1931)
    Morocco (September 3rd, 1931)
    Tunis (October 27th, 1931) 
    French Colonies and Mandated Territories as follows:
    Cameroon (October 28th, 1983 a)
    French Cost of Somaliland "
    French Equatorial Africa "
    French Settlements in India "
    French West Africa "
    Guadeloupe, Guyana "
    Indo-China "
    Madagascar, Martinique "
    New Caledonia "
    Oceania "
    Reunion "
    St. Pierre and Miquelon "
    Togoland "
Greece  (September 14th, 1932)
Latvia  (September 17th, 1935 a)
Monaco  (November 3rd, 1933)
The Netherlands  (August 24th, 1931 s)
    (Including the Netherlands Indies.)
Poland  (October 2nd, 1933)
Portugal  (October 23rd, 1930 s)
Romania  (June 1st, 1931 s)
Spain  (November 3rd, 1933)
Turkey  (June 27th, 1936 a)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  (April 27th, 1931 s)
Yugoslavia  (December 11th, 1937) 

Union of South Africa 
Cuba 
Estonia 
Germany 
Sweden  

Open to accession by:

Albania 
Argentine Republic 
Australia 
Bulgaria 
Canada 
Chile 
Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Denmark 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
Guatemala 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Iceland 
India 
Iran 
Iraq 
Ireland 
Italy 
Japan 
Liberia 
Lithuania 
Mexico 
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Norway 
Panama 
Peru 
Salvador 
Tangier 
Thailand 
United States of America 
Uruguay 
Venezuela  

Actions subsequent to the assumption of depositary functions by the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Participant  Denunciation 
Belgium  1 Oct 1985 
France  11 Jul 1983 
Greece  24 Jul 1986 
Netherlands  29 Dec 1992 
 

 

NOTES


1. See Treaty Series of the League of Nations, vol. 125, p. 95. Ratifications and accessions subsequent to registration: vol. 138, p. 453; vol. 142, p. 379; vol. 156, p. 241; vol. 160, p. 393; vol. 164, p. 390 and vol. 181, p. 395.