CHAPTER XIX

COMMODITIES39International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994Geneva, 26 January 1994Entry into forceprovisionally on 1 January 1997, in accordance with article 41(3).1Registration1 January 1997, No. 33484StatusSignatories49Parties61TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series, </i> vol. 1955, p. 81 and depositary notification C.N.89.1995.TREATIES-2 of 22 May 1995 (procès-verbal of rectification of the the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts).The Agreement was adopted on 26 January 1994 at Geneva by the United Nations Conference on Tropical Timber, 1993. It is the successor agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983, which expired on 31 March 1994. It was opened for signature at United Nations Headquarters, from 1 April 1994 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, 1983, in accordance with article 38 (1). Subsequently, the International Tropical Timber Council, at its twenty-second session, held in Bolivia, from 21 to 29 May 1997, by Decision 2 (XXII) dated 23 May 1997, established the conditions for accession to the Agreement and decided that the time limit for the deposit of instruments of accession shall be the duration of the Agreement. Further, the International Tropical Timber Council took the following decisions: <b>Date of decision: Subject:</b> 30 May 2000 Extension of the Agreement for a period of three years with effect from 1 January 2001 i.e, until 31 December 2003. 4 Nov 2002 Extension of the Agreement for a period of three years with effect from 1 January 2004 i.e, until 31 December 2006. 6-11 Nov 2006 Extension of the Agreement until the provisional or definitive entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006.

ParticipantSignatureProvisional application(n)Ratification, Accession(a), Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Definitive signature(s)Australia 2 Feb 1996 sAustria13 May 1996 16 May 1997 Belgium13 May 1996 13 May 1996 nBolivia (Plurinational State of)17 Aug 1995 17 Aug 1995 Brazil13 Dec 1996 28 Nov 1997 Cambodia 3 Feb 1995 3 Feb 1995 ACameroon22 Dec 1994 31 Aug 1995 nCanada 3 May 1995 23 May 1996 Central African Republic23 May 1997 nChina22 Feb 1996 31 Jul 1996 AAColombia 8 Nov 1995 9 Oct 1996 n16 Aug 1999 Congo22 Jun 1994 25 Oct 1995 nCôte d'Ivoire 9 Sep 1996 9 Sep 1996 n31 Jan 1997 Democratic Republic of the Congo17 Dec 1996 27 Mar 1997 nDenmark13 May 1996 13 May 1996 Ecuador 1 Jun 1994 6 Sep 1995 Egypt 8 Nov 1994 15 May 1996 n13 Apr 2000 European Union13 May 1996 13 May 1996 nFiji27 Jan 1995 27 Jan 1995 nFinland13 May 1996 13 May 1996 nFrance13 May 1996 28 Oct 1996 n17 Aug 2006 AAGabon27 May 1994 2 Aug 1995 nGermany30 Aug 1995 30 Aug 1995 nGhana12 Jul 1995 28 Aug 1995 Greece13 May 1996 13 Oct 1997 Guatemala 3 May 2001 aGuyana13 Sep 1996 27 Aug 1997 Honduras 9 May 1995 2 Nov 1995 nIndia17 Sep 1996 17 Oct 1996 Indonesia21 Apr 1994 17 Feb 1995 Ireland14 May 1996 18 Aug 2000 Italy 7 May 1996 25 Jun 1998 Japan13 Dec 1994 13 Dec 1994 n 9 May 1995 ALiberia 9 Dec 1994 sLuxembourg13 May 1996 13 May 1996 nMalaysia14 Feb 1995 1 Mar 1995 Mexico11 Mar 2004 aMyanmar 6 Jul 1995 31 Jan 1996 Nepal23 May 1997 nNetherlands<superscript>2</superscript> 6 Jul 1995 6 Jul 1995 nNew Zealand 6 Jun 1995 sNigeria28 Feb 2002 aNorway25 Jan 1995 1 Feb 1995 Panama22 Jun 1994 4 May 1995 n 4 Apr 1996 Papua New Guinea28 Aug 1995 28 Aug 1995 n13 May 1996 Peru29 Aug 1994 1 Jan 1997 n21 Sep 1995 Philippines29 Sep 1995 26 Feb 1996 nPoland19 Dec 2006 aPortugal13 May 1996 4 Nov 1999 Republic of Korea12 Sep 1995 12 Sep 1995 Spain12 Jan 1996 12 Jan 1996 n15 Jan 1997 Suriname24 Aug 1998 aSweden13 May 1996 13 May 1996 Switzerland29 Aug 1995 10 Jun 1996 Thailand10 Apr 1996 25 Jul 1996 Togo12 Jul 1994 4 Oct 1995 ATrinidad and Tobago29 Dec 1998 aUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland13 May 1996 13 May 1996 nUnited States of America 1 Jul 1994 14 Nov 1996 AVanuatu19 May 2000 aVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4 Oct 1995 2 Mar 1998 European UnionDeclaration:[Same declaration, mutatis mutandis, as the one made by Italy.]ItalyUpon signature:Declaration:"Italy interprets the terms of ITTA 1994 as follows:a) unless the scope of the agreement is changed pursuant to article 35, the agreement shall refer solely to tropical timber and tropical forests;b) any financial contribution other than the contribution to the administrative budget provided for in article 19 shall be entirely voluntary."1The conditions required under paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 56 of the Agreement not having been fulfilled, the Secretary-General convened on 13 September 1996 a meeting of the Governments and intergovernmental organization which had deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, or signed the Agreement definitively or had notified the provisional application of the Agreement, in accordance with its article 41 (3). At this meeting it was decided to put the Agreement into force provisionally and in whole among them as of 1 January 1997. It was also decided that the Governments of Bolivia, Liberia, Norway, Peru and Togo (which did not participate in the meeting) could notify to the Secretary-General their acceptance of the above decision and in the event of such notification, they would be deemed to apply the Agreement provisionally as of 1 January 1997. Subsequently, Peru and Norway notified the Secretary-General of their acceptance.2For the Kingdom in Europe.