Depositary
STATUS AS AT : 23-05-2025 09:15:32 EDT
CHAPTER XIX
COMMODITIES
47. International Cocoa Agreement, 2010
Geneva, 25 June 2010
Entry into force
:
provisionally on 1 October 2012, in accordance with article 57.
Registration :
1 October 2012, No. 50115
Status :
Signatories : 20. Parties : 19
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations,Treaty Series,vol. 2871, p.3; Doc. TD/COCOA.10/3; Depositary notification C.N.810.2010.TREATIES-2 (Proposal of Correction to the original text of the Agreement (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts) and to the certified true copies and C.N.114.2011.TREATIES-1 reissued on 21 March 2011 (Correction to the original text of the Agreement (Arabic, chinese, English, French, russian and Spanish authentic texts) and to the certified true copies).  TD/COCOA/10/7 in C.N.567.2012.TREATIES-XIX-47; CN.405.2022.TREATIES-XIX.47 of 30 November 2022 (Amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010) and C.N.220.2023.TREATIES-XIX.47 of 28 July 2023 (Amendments) and C.N.206.2023.TREATIES-XIX.47 of 22 May 2025 (Amendments).
Note :
The above Agreement was adopted on 25 June 2010 at Geneva by the United Nations  Cocoa Conference for the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Cocoa Agreement, 2001. In accordance with its article 53, the Agreement was opened for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 October 2010 until and including 30 September 2012 by parties to the International Cocoa Agreement, 2001, and Governments invited to the United Nations Cocoa Conference, 2010.

At its 85th regular session, held from 27 to 30 March 2012, the International Cocoa Council, pursuant to article 53 of the Agreement, decided to extend the period of signature of the Agreement from 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2026.

At its thirty-fifth special session, which was held from 6 au 8 July 2021, the International Cocoa Council, exercising the power conferred upon it by Article 62 (4) of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010, decided to extend the Agreement in whole for a period of two years until 30 September 2024.

At its 108th special regular session, which was held from 2 to 6 October 2023, the International Cocoa Council, exercising the power conferred upon it by Article 62 (4) of the International Cocoa Agreement, 2010, decided to extend the Agreement in whole for a period of two years until 30 September 2026.
Participant
 Signature
 Provisional application(n)
 Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Ratification
Brazil 1
 7 Jun 2012
   9 Nov 2017
Cameroon 1
26 Mar 2012
24 Jan 2013 n
  
Colombia
     10 May 2023 a
Costa Rica 2
[  6 Jul 2011 ]
   [19 Jan 2017 ]
Côte d'Ivoire 1
20 Sep 2011
  16 May 2012 AA
Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4 Nov 2011
 4 Nov 2011 n
  
Dominican Republic 1
 9 Mar 2012
 9 Mar 2012 n
  
Ecuador 1
    25 Sep 2013 a
European Union 3
10 Jun 2011
10 Jun 2011 n
 15 May 2012 AA
Gabon 1
18 Jan 2012
18 Jan 2012 n
 11 Jun 2013 AA
Ghana 1
19 Aug 2011
  18 Dec 2012
Guinea
     19 Jun 2012 a
Indonesia 1
12 Sep 2011
  13 Nov 2012
Jamaica 1
25 Feb 2025
25 Feb 2025 n
  
Liberia
 13 Nov 2012
  17 Jan 2014 A
Madagascar 1
29 Dec 2015
29 Dec 2015 n
  
Malaysia
  5 Aug 2013
  30 Aug 2013
Nicaragua 1
    15 Jul 2013 a
Nigeria
     10 Oct 2018 a
Papua New Guinea 1
21 Apr 2016
  20 Sep 2017
Peru 1
 4 Mar 2014
  12 May 2016
Russian Federation
  1 Oct 2014
  29 Jan 2016
Sierra Leone
  1 Oct 2012
   
Switzerland 3
22 Dec 2010
  12 May 2011
Togo
 19 Sep 2011
  22 Jun 2012
Trinidad and Tobago
 24 Sep 2012
   
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
     27 Jun 2016 a
End Note
1 As an exporting State
2On 22 December 2023, the Government of Costa Rica notified the Secretary-General of its decision to withdraw from the Agreement with effect from 21 March 2024 in accordance with article 59 of the Agreement.
3 As an importing State
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