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CHAPTER XII
NAVIGATION
8. International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999
Geneva, 12 March 1999
Entry into force
:
14 September 2011, in accordance with article 14(1) which reads as follows: "1. This Convention shall enter into force six months following the date on which 10 States have expressed their consent to be bound by it.".
Registration :
1 December 2011, No. 49196
Status :
Signatories : 6. Parties : 13
Text : Certified true copy
United Nations,Treaty Series, vol. 2797, p. 3; Doc. A/CONF.188.6; C.N.112.2011.TREATIES-2 of 14 March 2011 (Entry into force).
Note :
The Convention was adopted on 12 March 1999 at the United Nations/International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on Arrest of Ships held in Geneva from 1 to 12 March 1999. In accordance with its article 12 (1), the Convention will be open for signature by any State at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2000.
Participant
 Signature
 Approval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), Ratification, Definitive signature(s)
Albania
   14 Mar 2011 a
Algeria
    7 May 2004 a
Benin
    3 Mar 2010 a
Bulgaria
 27 Jul 2000
21 Feb 2001
Congo
   11 Jun 2014 a
Denmark
 10 Aug 2000
 
Ecuador
 13 Jul 2000
15 Oct 2010
Estonia
   11 May 2001 a
Finland
 31 Aug 2000
 
Latvia
    7 Dec 2001 a
Liberia
   16 Sep 2005 a
Norway
 25 Aug 2000
 
Pakistan
 11 Jul 2000
 
Peru
   22 Mar 2022 a
Spain
    7 Jun 2002 a
Syrian Arab Republic
   16 Oct 2002 a
Türkiye
   11 Sep 2019 a
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made
upon definitive signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Spain

Reservation:

       At the time of its accession, the Kingdom of Spain, in accordance with article 10, paragraph 1 (b), reserves the right to exclude the application of this Convention in the case of ships not flying the flag of a State party.
Syrian Arab Republic

Reservation:

       The accession of the Syrian Arab Republic to this Convention shall not in any way be construed to mean recognition of Israel and shall not lead to entry with it into any of the transactions regulated by the provisions of the Convention.
Türkiye

Declaration:

       “Pursuant to article 8 of this Convention, Turkey declares that she reserves the right to give priority to the provisions of 1926 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules concerning the Immunity of State-owned Vessels and Additional Protocol to [it] signed on 24 May 1934, both of which Turkey is a Party to.”
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