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| Entry into force: | 1 January 1934, in accordance with article 14. |
| Registration: | 1 January 1934, No. 33171. |
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| Brazil | (August 26th, 1942 a) |
| Denmark | (July 27th, 1932) |
| The Government of the King, by its acceptance of this Convention, does not intend to assume any obligations as regards Greenland. | |
| Finland | (August 31st, 1932) |
| France | (April 27th, 1936 a) |
| Germany 2 | (October 3rd, 1933) |
| Greece 2 | (June 1st, 1934) |
| Italy | (August 31st, 1933) |
| Japan | (August 25th, 1933) |
| Monaco | (February 9th, 1933) |
| The Netherlands (For the Kingdom in Europe) 2,3 | (April 2nd, 1934) |
| Netherlands Indies and Curaçao | (September 30th, 1935 a) |
| Surinam | (August 7th, 1936 a) |
| Nicaragua | (March 16th, 1932 a) |
| Norway | (July 27th, 1932) |
| Poland | (December 19th, 1936 a) |
| Portugal 2,4 | (June 8th, 1934) |
| Sweden | (July 27th, 1932) |
| Switzerland 5 | (August 26th, 1932) |
Czechoslovakia6 | Ecuador | Mexico | Romania | Spain | Turkey | Yugoslavia | |
| Participant7 | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
| Austria | 1 Dec 1958 |
| Belgium8 | 18 Dec 1961 |
| Hungary | 28 Oct 1964 a |
| Indonesia | 9 Mar 1959 d |
| Luxembourg | 1 Aug 1968 a |
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1. League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 143, p.407.
2. All the parties to this Convention have agreed to consider the instrument of ratification deposited by this country, after the date stipulated in the Convention, as valid. The Japanese Government, however, is of opinion that this ratification has the character of an accession.
4. The ratification was made subject to the reservation that the provisions of the Convention do not apply to the colonial territory of Portugal (see League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 143, p. 409). In a communication received on 18 August 1953, the Government of Portugal notified the Secretary-General of the withdrawal of this reservation.
Subsequently, the Secretary-General received, on 29 September 1999, from the Government of Portugal, the following communication:
"In accordance with the Joint Declaration of the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Macau signed on 13 April 1987, the Portuguese Republic will continue to have international responsibility for Macau until 19 December 1999 and from that date onwards the People's Republic of China will resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macau with effect from 20 December 1999.
From 20 December 1999 onwards the Portuguese Republic will cease to be responsible for the international rights and obligations arising from the application of the Convention to Macau."
5. According to a declaration made by the Swiss Government when depositing the instrument of ratification of this Convention, the latter was to take effect, in respect of Switzerland only after the adoption of a law revising Sections XXIV to XXXIII of the Federal Code of Obligations or, if necessary of a special law regarding bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques. The law above referred to having entered into force on July 1st, 1937, the Convention took effect for Switzerland, as from that date.
6. See note 11 in chapter I.2.
7. 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 6 June 1958.
In this connection, the Secretary-General received, on 13 January 1976, the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
With reference to the communication by the German Democratic Republic of 31 January 1974 concerning the applica tion as from 6 June 1958, of the Convention of 19 March 1931 for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in connection with cheques, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that in the relation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic the Declaration of application has no retroactive effect beyond 21 June 1973.
Subsequently, in a communication received on 18 April 1976, the Government of the German Democratic Republic declared:
The Government of the German Democratic Republic takes the view that in accordance with the applicable rules of international law and the international practice of States the regulations on the reapplication of agreements concluded under international law are an internal affair of the successor State concerned. Accordingly, the German Democratic Republic was entitled to determine the date of reapplication of the Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in Connection with Cheques of 19 March 1931 to which it acceded on the basis of the succession of States."
See also note 14 in chapter I.2.
8. With a declaration that, in accordance with article 18 of the Convention, the Government of Belgium does not intend to assume any obligations in respect of the Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi.