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STATUS AS AT : 13-05-2025 03:15:39 EDT
CHAPTER XXII
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
3. United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
New York, 10 December 2014
Entry into force
:
18 October 2017, in accordance with article 9(1) which reads as follows: “This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession”.
Registration :
18 October 2017, No. 54749
Status :
Signatories : 25. Parties : 9
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations,Treaty Series,vol. 3208. Certified true copy
Note :
The above Convention was adopted on10 December 2014 by resolution 69/116 during the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In accordance with its article 7, the Convention shall be open for signature in Port Louis, Mauritius, on 17 March 2015, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York by any State or by any regional economic integration organization that is constituted by States and is a contracting party to an investment treaty.
Participant
 Signature
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Australia
 18 Jul 2017
17 Sep 2020
Belgium
 15 Sep 2015
 
Benin
 10 Jul 2017
19 Jul 2021
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
 16 Apr 2018
13 Oct 2020
Cameroon
 11 May 2017
18 Jun 2018
Canada
 17 Mar 2015
12 Dec 2016
Congo
 30 Sep 2015
 
European Union
  2 Jul 2024
 
Finland
 17 Mar 2015
 
France
 17 Mar 2015
 
Gabon
 29 Sep 2015
 
Gambia
 20 Sep 2017
28 Sep 2018
Germany
 17 Mar 2015
 
Iraq
 13 Feb 2017
20 Aug 2021
Italy
 19 May 2015
 
Luxembourg
 15 Sep 2015
 
Madagascar
  1 Oct 2015
 
Mauritius
 17 Mar 2015
 5 Jun 2015
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
 18 May 2016
 
Panama
 10 Jan 2025
 
Sweden
 17 Mar 2015
 
Switzerland
 27 Mar 2015
18 Apr 2017
Syrian Arab Republic
 24 Mar 2015
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 17 Mar 2015
 
United States of America
 17 Mar 2015
 
Belgium

Declaration upon signature:

       This signature also engages the Wallon Region, the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.
European Union

Reservation made upon signature:

       “Reservation by the European Union pursuant to Article 3(l)(a) of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (10 December 2014) (‘the Convention’)

       Pursuant to Article 3(l)(a) of the Convention, the European Union declares that it shall not apply the Convention when acting as a respondent in the case of a dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty initiated against a Member State of the European Union which is not a party to the Convention, unless agreed upon otherwise with the Member State of the European Union concerned.

       The Energy Charter Treaty is a multilateral agreement. At the date of this reservation, the Energy Charter Treaty has 56 contracting parties. This reservation shall apply in respect of all contracting parties that are parties to the Convention.”
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