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COMMODITIES47International Cocoa Agreement, 2010Geneva, 25 June 2010provisionally on 1 October 2012, in accordance with article 57.1 October 2012, No. 50115Signatories19Parties19United Nations,<i>Treaty Series</i>,vol. 2871, p.3; Doc. <a href="/doc/source/docs/TD_COCOA.10_3-E.pdf" target="_blank">TD/COCOA.10/3</a>; 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). <a href="/doc/source/docs/TD_COCOA_10_7-E.pdf" target="_blank"> TD/COCOA/10/7</a> 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).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.
ParticipantSignatureProvisional application(n)Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), RatificationBrazil<superscript>1</superscript> 7 Jun 2012 9 Nov 2017 Cameroon<superscript>1</superscript>26 Mar 2012 24 Jan 2013 nColombia10 May 2023 aCosta Rica<superscript>2</superscript>[ 6 Jul 2011 ][19 Jan 2017 ]Côte d'Ivoire<superscript>1</superscript>20 Sep 2011 16 May 2012 AADemocratic Republic of the Congo 4 Nov 2011 4 Nov 2011 nDominican Republic<superscript>1</superscript> 9 Mar 2012 9 Mar 2012 nEcuador<superscript>1</superscript>25 Sep 2013 aEuropean Union<superscript>3</superscript>10 Jun 2011 10 Jun 2011 n15 May 2012 AAGabon<superscript>1</superscript>18 Jan 2012 18 Jan 2012 n11 Jun 2013 AAGhana<superscript>1</superscript>19 Aug 2011 18 Dec 2012 Guinea19 Jun 2012 aIndonesia<superscript>1</superscript>12 Sep 2011 13 Nov 2012 Liberia13 Nov 2012 17 Jan 2014 AMadagascar<superscript>1</superscript>29 Dec 2015 29 Dec 2015 nMalaysia 5 Aug 2013 30 Aug 2013 Nicaragua<superscript>1</superscript>15 Jul 2013 aNigeria10 Oct 2018 aPapua New Guinea<superscript>1</superscript>21 Apr 2016 20 Sep 2017 Peru<superscript>1</superscript> 4 Mar 2014 12 May 2016 Russian Federation 1 Oct 2014 29 Jan 2016 Sierra Leone 1 Oct 2012 Switzerland<superscript>3</superscript>22 Dec 2010 12 May 2011 Togo19 Sep 2011 22 Jun 2012 Trinidad and Tobago24 Sep 2012 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)27 Jun 2016 a
1 As an exporting State2On 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