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31.Agreement concerning Maritime Signals
Lisbon, 23 October 1930
Entry into force
:
22 November 1931, in accordance with article 12.
Registration :
22 November 1931, No. 2849
Text :
See Treaty Series of the League of Nations, vol.125, p.95.
Definitive signatures or accessions and Ratifications
Belgium

(February 10th, 1932)

Belgium cannot undertake, for the present, to apply the provisions relating to "Warning of gale expected to affect the locality" which form the first chapter of the Regulations of this Agreement.

Further, the ratification by Belgium of the provisions which are the object of Chapter II (Tide and depth signals), and Chapter III (Signals concerning the movement of vessels at the entrances of harbours or important channels), will only take effect when Germany, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Norway shall have them selves notified their effective ratifications of the provi sions contained in these two chapters.

The ratification by Belgium does not apply to the Belgian Congo.

Brazil

(November 21st, 1932 a)

China

(May 29th 1935)

Free City of Danzig (through the intermediaryof Poland)

(October 2nd, 1933)

Finland

(June 12th, 1936)

France

(July 13th, 1931)

Morocco

(September 3rd, 1931)

Tunis

(October 27th, 1931)

French Colonies and Mandated Territories as follows:

Cameroon

(October 28th, 1983 a)

French Cost of Somaliland

"

French Equatorial Africa

"

French Settlements in India

"

French West Africa

"

Guadeloupe, Guyana

"

Indo-China

"

Madagascar, Martinique

"

New Caledonia

"

Oceania

"

Reunion

"

St. Pierre and Miquelon

"

Togoland

"

Greece

(September 14th, 1932)

Latvia

(September 17th, 1935 a)

Monaco

(November 3rd, 1933)

The Netherlands

(August 24th, 1931 s)

(Including the Netherlands Indies.)
Poland

(October 2nd, 1933)

Portugal

(October 23rd, 1930 s)

Romania

(June 1st, 1931 s)

Spain

(November 3rd, 1933)

Turkey

(June 27th, 1936 a)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

(April 27th, 1931 s)

Yugoslavia (former) 2

(December 11th, 1937)

Signatures subject to ratification:
Union of South Africa
Cuba
Estonia
Germany
Sweden
Open to accession by:
Albania
Argentine Republic
Australia
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Lithuania
Mexico
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Peru
Salvador
Tangier
Thailand
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Actions subsequent to the assumption of depositary functions by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Participant
Denunciation
Belgium
[  1 Oct 1985 ]
France
[11 Jul 1983 ]
Greece
[24 Jul 1986 ]
Netherlands
[29 Dec 1992 ]
End Note
1

See  Treaty Series of the League of Nations, vol. 125, p. 95.  Ratifications and accessions subsequent to registration: vol. 138, p. 453; vol. 142, p. 379; vol. 156, p. 241; vol. 160, p. 393; vol. 164, p. 390 and vol. 181, p. 395.

2

See note 1 under “former Yugoslavia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.

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