International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969

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Published: August 09, 2010

November 2002

Done at Brussels, 29 November l969
Entry into Force: 19 June l975
Contracting Statesas at 15 November 2002
(List provided by IMO.)

Date of deposit of instrument

Date of Entry
into force
or accession

Effective date
of denunciation

Albania (accession)

6 April 1994

5 July 1994

Algeria (accession)

14 June l974

19 June l975

3 August 1999

Antigua and Barbuda (accession)

23 June 1997

21September 1997

14 June 2001

Australia (ratification)¹

7 November l983

5 February l984

15 May 1998

Bahamas (accession)

22 July l976

20 October l976

15 May 1998

Bahrain (accession)

3 May 1996

1 August 1996

15 May 1998

Barbados (accession)

6 May 1994

4 August 1994

7 July 1999

Belgium (ratification)¹

12 January l977

12 April l977

6 October 1999

Belize (accession)

2 April 1991

1 July 1991

27November 1999

Benin (accession)

1 November 1985

30 January 1986

Brazil (ratification)

17 December l976

17 March l977

Brunei Darussalam (accession)

29 September 1992

28 December 1992

31January 2003

Cambodia (accession)

28 November 1994

26 February 1995

Cameroon (ratification)

14 May l984

12 August l984

15 October 2002

Canada (accession)

24 January 1989

24 April 1989

29 May 1999

Chile (accession)

2 August l977

31 October l977

China² (accession)¹

30 January l980

29 April l980

5 January 2000

Colombia (accession)

26 March 1990

24 June 1990

Costa Rica (accession)

8 December 1997

8 March 1998

Côte d'Ivoire (ratification)

21 June 1973

19 June 1975

Croatia (succession)

8 October 1991

30 July 1999

Cyprus (accession)

19 June 1989

17September 1989

15 May 1998

Denmark (accession)

2 April l975

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Djibouti (accession)

1 March 1990

30 May 1990

17 May 2002

Dominican Republic (ratification)

2 April l975

19 June l975

Ecuador (accession)

23 December l976

23 March l977

Egypt (accession)

3 February 1989

4 May 1989

El Salvador (accession)

2 January 2002

2 April 2002

Equatorial Guinea (accession)

24 April 1996

23 July 1996

Estonia (accession)

1 December 1992

1 March 1993

Fiji (accession)

15 August l972

19 June l975

30 November 2000

Finland (ratification)

10 October l980

8 January l981

15 May 1998

France (ratification)

17 March l975

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Gabon (accession)

21 January l982

21 April l982

31 May 2003

Gambia (accession)

1 November 1991

30 January 1992

Georgia (accession)

19 April 1994

18 July 1994

Germany³ (ratification)¹

20 May l975

18 August 1975⁴

15 May 1998

Ghana (ratification)

20 April l978

19 July l978

Greece (accession)

29 June l976

27September l976

15 May 1998

Guatemala (acceptance)¹

20 October l982

18 January l983

Guyana (accession)

10 December 1997

10 March 1998

Honduras (accession)

2 December 1998

2 March 1999

Iceland (ratification)

17 July l980

15 October l980

10 February 2001

India (accession)

1 May 1987

30 July 1987

21 June 2001

Indonesia (ratification)

1 September l978

30 November l978

Ireland (ratification)

19 November 1992

17 February 1993

15 May 1998

Italy (ratification)¹

27 February l979

28 May l979

8 October 2000

Japan (accession)

3 June l976

1 September l976

15 May 1998

Kazakhstan (accession)

7 March 1994

5 June 1994

Kenya (accession)

15 December 1992

15 March 1993

7 July 2001

Kuwait (accession)

2 April l98l

1 July l98l

Latvia (accession)

10 July 1992

8 October 1992

Lebanon (accession)

9 April l974

19 June l975

Liberia (accession)

25 September l972

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Luxembourg (accession)

14 February 1991

15 May 1991

Malaysia (accession)

6 January 1995

6 April 1995

Maldives (accession)

16 March l98l

14 June l98l

Malta (accession)

27 September 1991

26December 1991

6 January 2001

Marshall Islands (accession)

24 January 1994

24 April 1994

15 May 1998

Mauritania (accession)

17 November 1995

15 February 1996

Mauritius (accession)

6 April 1995

5 July 1995

6 December 2000

Mexico (accession)

13 May 1994

11 August 1994

15 May 1998

Monaco (ratification)

21 August l975

19 November l975

15 May 1998

Morocco (accession)

11 April l974

19 June l975

25 October 2001

Mozambique (accession)

23 December 1996

23 March 1997

26 April 2003

Netherlands (ratification)

9 September l975

8 December l975

15 May 1998

New Zealand (accession)

27 April l976

26 July l976

25 June 1999

Nicaragua (accession)

4 June 1996

2 September 1996

Nigeria (accession)

7 May l98l

5 August l98l

24 May 2003

Norway (accession)

21 March l975

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Oman (accession)

24 January 1985

24 April 1985

15 May 1998

Panama (ratification)

7 January l976

6 April l976

11 May 2000

Papua New Guinea (accession)

12 March l980

10 June l980

23 January 2002

Peru (accession)¹

24 February 1987

25 May 1987

Poland (ratification)

18 March l976

16 June l976

21 December 2000

Portugal (ratification)

26 November l976

24 February l977

Qatar (accession)

2 June 1988

31 August 1988

20 November 2002

Republic of Korea (accession)

18 December l978

18 March l979

15 May 1998

Russian Federation⁵ (accession)¹

24 June l975

22September l975

20 March 2001

Saint Kitts and Nevis (accession)¹

14 September 1994

13December 1994

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (accession)

19 April 1989

18 July 1989

9 October 2002

Sao Tome and Principe (accession)

29 October 1998

27 January 1999

Saudi Arabia (accession)¹

15 April 1993

14 July 1993

Senegal (accession)

27 March l972

19 June l975

Seychelles (accession)

12 April 1988

11 July 1988

23 July 2000

Sierra Leone (accession)

13 August 1993

11November 1993

4 June 2002

Singapore (accession)

16 September l981

15December 1981

31 December 1998

Slovenia (succession)

25 June 1991

19 July 2001

South Africa (accession)

17 March l976

15 June l976

Spain (ratification)

8 December l975

7 March l976

15 May 1998

Sri Lanka (accession)

12 April l983

11 July l983

22 January 2000

Sweden (ratification)

17 March l975

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Switzerland (ratification)

15 December 1987

14 March 1988

15 May 1998

Syrian Arab Republic (accession)¹

6 February l975

19 June l975

Tonga (accession)

1 February 1996

1 May 1996

10 December 2000

Tunisia (accession)

4 May l976

2 August l976

15 May 1998

Tuvalu (succession)

1 October l978

United Arab Emirates (accession)

15 December l983

14 March l984

United Kingdom (ratification)

17 March l975

19 June l975

15 May 1998

Vanuatu (accession)

2 February l983

3 May l983

18 February 2000

Venezuela (accession)

21 January 1992

20 April 1992

22 July 1999

Yemen (accession)

6 March l979

4 June l979

Yugoslavia (ratification)

18 June l976

16 September l976

Number of Contracting States: 47

The Convention applies provisionally in respect of the following States:

Kiribati
Solomon Islands

¹With a declaration, reservation or statement.

²Applied to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997.

Effective date of denunciation: 5 January 2000.

³On 3 October 1990 the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany. The German Democratic Republic had acceded¹ to the Convention on 13 March 1978.

⁴In accordance with the intention expressed by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and based on its interpretation of article XV of the Convention.

⁵As from 26 December 1991 the membership of the USSR in the Convention is continued by the Russian Federation