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CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
D . Water Transport
5 . European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN)
Geneva, 19 January 1996
Entry into force
:
26 July 1999, in accordance with article 8(2).
Registration :
26 July 1999, No. 35939
Status :
Signatories : 17. Parties : 19
Text :
United Nations,  Treaty Series , vol. 2072, p. 313; and depositary notification C.N.579.2000.TREATIES-4 of 21 August 2000 (procès-verbal of rectification to the original text of the Agreement); C.N.161.2006.TREATIES-1 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to the Agreement) and C.N.245.2007.TREATIES-1 of 1 March 2007 (Acceptance); C.N.163.2006.TREATIES-2 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.670.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.164.2006.TREATIES-3 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annex III the Agreement) and C.N.671.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.946.2006.TREATIES-2 of 31 October 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/SC.3/174/Add.1 (Proposal of amendments to the AGN Agreement) and C.N.1039.2007.TREATIES-1 of 6 November 2007 (Acceptance); C.N.15.2009.TREATIES-1 of 14 January 2009 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.424.2009.TREATIES-2 of 15 July 2009 (Acceptance of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement); C.N.18.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 8 January 2013 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.434.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5  of 15 July 2013 (Acceptance of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement); C.N.533.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 7 August 2013 (Proposal of amendments to articles 12, 13 and 14 of the Agreement) and C.N.517.2014.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 14 August 2014 (Entry into force); C.N.56.2018.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 31 January 2018 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the AGN); C.N.377.2018.TREATIES-XI-D-5 of 6 August 2018 (Acceptance).
Note :
The Agreement was adopted by the Inland Transportation Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe at its fifty-eighth session held at Geneva from 15 to 19 January 1996. In accordance with its article 5 (1), the Agreement is open at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva for signature by States which are members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe or have been admitted to the Commission in a consultative capacity in conformity with paragraphs 8 and 11 of the Terms of Reference of the Commission, form 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997.
Participant
 Signature
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Austria
 29 Sep 1997
30 Aug 2010
Belarus
   26 Mar 2008 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina
   10 Mar 2008 a
Bulgaria
   28 Apr 1999 a
Croatia
 23 Jun 1997
27 Apr 1999 A
Czech Republic
 23 Jun 1997
 8 Aug 1997 AA
Finland
 23 Jun 1997
 
France
 24 Sep 1997
 
Germany
 23 Jun 1997
 
Greece
 24 Sep 1997
 
Hungary
 23 Jun 1997
22 Oct 1997
Italy
 24 Sep 1997
 4 Apr 2000
Lithuania
 25 Jun 1997
28 Apr 2000
Luxembourg
 20 Jan 1997
29 Jun 1999
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1
23 Jun 1997
21 Apr 1998
Poland
   17 Mar 2017 a
Republic of Moldova
 23 Jun 1997
23 Mar 1998
Romania
 23 Jun 1997
24 Feb 1999
Russian Federation
 26 Sep 1997
31 May 2002 AA
Serbia
   10 Jan 2014 a
Slovakia
 23 Jun 1997
 2 Feb 1998 AA
Switzerland
 23 Jun 1997
21 Aug 1997
Ukraine
    5 Jan 2010 a
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made
upon definitive signature, ratififcation, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Austria

Austria

       “In accordance with article 11 of the Agreement, the Republic of Austria declares that it does not consider itself bound by article 10 of this Agreement.”
Serbia

Serbia

Reservation:

       “In accordance with Article 11 of the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance, the Republic of Serbia shall not be bound under Article 10 of this Agreement.”
End Note
1.For the Kingdom in Europe.