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STATUS AS AT : 23-11-2009 06:06:51 EDT
CHAPTER XIX
COMMODITIES
46 . International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006
Geneva, 27 January 2006
Not yet in force
:
which reads, in part, as follows: "1. This Agreement shall enter into force definitively on 1 February 2008 or on any date thereafter, if 12 Governments of producers holding at least 60 per cent of the total votes as set out in Annex A to this Agreement and 10 Governments of consumers as listed in Annex B and accounting for 60 per cent of the global import volume of tropical timber in the reference year 2005 have signed this Agreement definitively or have ratified, accepted or approved it pursuant to article 36, paragraph 2, or article 37. 2. If this Agreement has not entered into force definitively on 1 February 2008, it shall enter into force provisionally on that date or on any date within six months thereafter if 10 Governments of producers holding at least 50 per cent of the total votes as set out in Annex A to this Agreement and seven Governments of consumers as listed in Annex B and accounting for 50 per cent of the global import volume of tropical timber in the reference year 2005 have signed this Agreement definitively or have ratified, accepted or approved it pursuant to article 36, paragraph 2 or have notified the depositary under article 38 that they will apply this Agreement provisionally."
Status :
Signatories : 49. Parties : 30
Text :
Doc. TD/TIMBER.3/12.
Note :
The above Agreement was adopted on 27 January 2006 at Geneva by the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994.  In accordance with its article 36, the Agreement shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 April 2006 until one month after the date of its entry into force, by Governments invited to the United Nations Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994.
Participant
 Signature
 Provisional application(n)
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a), Definitive signature(s)
Australia
 30 Jun 2008
  24 Sep 2008
Austria
 23 Oct 2009
   
Belgium
 25 Apr 2008
25 Apr 2008 n
  
Bulgaria
 26 Nov 2008
   
Cambodia
  3 Feb 2009
  15 Jul 2009 A
Cameroon
 13 Feb 2007
  21 Aug 2009
Canada
  2 Mar 2009
  19 Nov 2009
Central African Republic
  1 May 2008
   
China
 28 May 2008
   
Colombia
  3 May 2007
   
Congo
 31 Jul 2008
   
Côte d'Ivoire
 31 Oct 2008
  31 Oct 2008 AA
Czech Republic
 23 Sep 2008
   
Denmark 1
    18 Nov 2009 s
Ecuador
 24 May 2007
   5 Nov 2008
Estonia
 23 Sep 2009
   
European Community 2
 2 Nov 2007
 2 Nov 2007 n
  
Finland
 19 Feb 2008
   
France
  7 Nov 2008
   
Gabon
 11 Nov 2008
  11 Nov 2008 A
Ghana
      7 Oct 2008 s
Greece
 29 Oct 2007
   
Guatemala
 14 Jul 2006
   
Guyana
      2 Dec 2008 s
Honduras
 30 Jul 2008
   
India
 23 Apr 2008
  25 Jul 2008
Indonesia
  7 Apr 2006
  31 Mar 2009
Ireland
 26 Jun 2009
   
Italy
 26 Jun 2008
  23 Sep 2009
Japan
 16 Feb 2007
  31 Aug 2007 A
Liberia
  3 Nov 2008
   3 Nov 2008 A
Lithuania
 30 Apr 2008
   
Luxembourg
 10 Sep 2009
   
Madagascar
 19 Sep 2006
   
Malaysia
 28 Mar 2007
  28 Sep 2007
Mali
 24 Sep 2009
   
Mexico
 25 Jul 2007
   6 Mar 2008
Netherlands 3
 4 Dec 2007
  30 Sep 2009 A
New Zealand 4
 6 Mar 2008
  13 Oct 2008
Norway
 13 Sep 2006
   3 Sep 2008
Panama
  8 Dec 2006
  14 Feb 2008
Peru
 30 Jan 2008
   
Philippines
 29 Sep 2008
   8 Jul 2009
Portugal
  9 Jun 2008
   
Republic of Korea
      3 Feb 2009 s
Romania
 25 Sep 2008
   
Slovakia
  6 Mar 2009
   
Slovenia
 15 Dec 2008
   
Spain
 23 Sep 2008
   
Sweden
 28 Oct 2008
  28 Oct 2008
Switzerland
 13 Dec 2006
  27 Apr 2007
Togo
 21 Apr 2006
  16 Nov 2009 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5
21 Dec 2007
21 Dec 2007 n
  5 Mar 2009
United States of America
     27 Apr 2007 s
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
European Community

       Declaration made upon signature:

       “In accordance with Article 36 (3) of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006, this declaration indicates the powers transferred to the European Community by its Member States in the matters governed by the Agreement.

       The European Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community:

       - with respect to the trade matters covered by the Agreement, the European Community has exclusive competence under the common commercial policy, and
       - the European Community shares powers with its Member States in environmental matters and in development cooperation.
       The scope and the exercise of the European Community powers are, by their nature, subject to continuous development, and the European Community will complete or amend this declaration, if necessary, in accordance with Article 36 (3) of the Agreement.”
End Note
1.On 18 November 2009, upon its definitive signature to the Agreement, the Government of Denmark informed the Secretary-General that "the signature does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland."
2.In its notification of provisional application, the European Community notified the Secretary-General that:

"... the Community will provisionally apply the International Tropical Timber Agreement 2006, from the date on which it enters into force."
3.For the Kingdom in Europe.
4.In a communication received on 13 October 2008, the Government of New Zealand informed the Secretary-General of the following:

“... consistent with the constitutional status of Tokelau and taking into account the commitment of the Government of New Zealand to the development of self-government for Tokelau through an act of self-determination under the Charter of the United Nations, this ratification shall not extend to Tokelau unless and until a Declaration to this effect is lodged by the Government of New Zealand with the Depositary on the basis of appropriate consultation with that territory.”
5.In its notification of provisional application the Government of the  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the Secretary-General of the followling:

“… that the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will provisionally apply the Agreement in accordance with its laws and regulations with effect from its entry into force.