CHAPTER XI
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
D
Water Transport8United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by SeaNew York, 11 December 2008in accordance with article 94 which reads as follows: "1. This Convention enters into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of one year after the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. For each State that becomes a Contracting State to this Convention after the date of the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, this Convention enters into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of one year after the deposit of the appropriate instrument on behalf of that State.Signatories25Parties5<a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_63_122-E.pdf" target="_blank">Doc. A/RES/63/122</a>; C.N.563.2012.TREATIES-XI.D.8 of 11 October 2012 (Proposal of corrections to the original text of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts) and to the Certified True Copies) and C.N.105.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.8 of 25 January 2013 (Corrections to the original text of the Convention (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish authentic texts) and to the Certified True Copies).The Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, was adopted on 11 December 2008 during the sixty-third session of the General Assembly by resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/A_RES_63_122-E.pdf" target="_blank">A/RES/63/122</a>. In accordance with its article 88 (1), the Convention shall be open for signature by all States at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 23 September 2009, and thereafter at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.
ParticipantSignatureApproval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), RatificationArmenia29 Sep 2009 Benin 7 Nov 2019 aCameroon29 Sep 2009 11 Oct 2017 Congo23 Sep 2009 28 Jan 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo23 Sep 2010 Denmark23 Sep 2009 France23 Sep 2009 Gabon23 Sep 2009 Ghana23 Sep 2009 Greece23 Sep 2009 Guinea23 Sep 2009 Guinea-Bissau24 Sep 2013 Luxembourg31 Aug 2010 Madagascar25 Sep 2009 Mali26 Oct 2009 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)23 Sep 2009 Niger22 Oct 2009 Nigeria23 Sep 2009 Norway23 Sep 2009 Poland23 Sep 2009 Senegal23 Sep 2009 Spain23 Sep 2009 19 Jan 2011 Sweden20 Jul 2011 Switzerland23 Sep 2009 Togo23 Sep 2009 17 Jul 2012 United States of America23 Sep 2009
Declarations and ReservationsSpainDeclaration made upon signature and confirmed upon ratification:For the text of the declaration, please see annex to depositary notification C.N.790.2009.TREATIES-23 of 30 October 2009 (signature) and C.N.21.2011.TREATIES-1 of 21 January 2011 (ratification).