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STATUS AS AT : 21-05-2013 03:55:31 EDT
CHAPTER IX
HEALTH
4 .a Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Seoul, 12 November 2012
Not yet in force
:
Article 45: 1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the fortieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession with the Depositary. 2. For each Party to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that ratifies, accepts, approves or formally confirms this Protocol or accedes thereto after the conditions set out in paragraph 1 for entry into force have been fulfilled, this Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, accession or formal confirmation. 3. For the purposes of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States Members of that organization.
Status :
Signatories : 17
Text :
The above Protocol, which was adopted during the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control by Decision FCTC/COP5 (1) of 12 November 2012, will be open for signature at a signing ceremony to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 11 January 2013 and, thereafter, at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
In accordance with its article 43, the Protocol shall be open for signature by all Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control at World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva from 10 to 11 January 2013, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 9 January 2014.
Participant
 Signature
 Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Ratification
Belgium
 17 May 2013
 
Burkina Faso
  8 Mar 2013
 
China
 10 Jan 2013
 
Colombia
 21 Feb 2013
 
Costa Rica
 21 Mar 2013
 
France
 10 Jan 2013
 
Gabon
 10 Jan 2013
 
Libya
 10 Jan 2013
 
Myanmar
 10 Jan 2013
 
Nicaragua
 10 Jan 2013
 
Panama
 10 Jan 2013
 
Republic of Korea
 10 Jan 2013
 
South Africa
 10 Jan 2013
 
Syrian Arab Republic
 10 Jan 2013
 
Tunisia
 11 Jan 2013
 
Turkey
 10 Jan 2013
 
Uruguay
 10 Jan 2013