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title: "<Статус Афинской конвенции о перевозке морем пассажиров и их багажа 1974 года (PAL) (Афины, 13 декабря 1974 года) [рус., англ.]"
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## <Статус Афинской конвенции о перевозке морем пассажиров и их багажа 1974 года (PAL) (Афины, 13 декабря 1974 года) [рус., англ.]

# <Статус Афинской конвенции о перевозке морем пассажиров и их багажа 1974 года (PAL) (Афины, 13 декабря 1974 года) [рус., англ.]


<a id="p100001"></a>[неофициальный перевод]

<a id="p100002"></a>СТАТУС АФИНСКОЙ [КОНВЕНЦИИ](https://bukva.ai/docs/afinskaya-konventsiya-o-perevozke-morem/statya-1)
О ПЕРЕВОЗКЕ МОРЕМ ПАССАЖИРОВ И ИХ БАГАЖА 1974 ГОДА (PAL)
(АФИНЫ, 13 ДЕКАБРЯ 1974 ГОДА)

<a id="p100003"></a>(по состоянию на 9 декабря 2025 года)

<a id="p100004"></a>Вступление в силу: 28.04.1987


### <a id="p100005"></a>I. Подписи


<div align="right">

<a id="p100006"></a>Германия, Федеративная Республика<br>
<a id="p100007"></a>Греция<br>
<a id="p100008"></a>Польша

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<a id="p100009"></a>Соединенное Королевство
<a id="p100010"></a>Швейцария
<a id="p100011"></a>Югославия


### <a id="p100012"></a>II. Договаривающиеся государства



|  | <a id="p100013"></a>Дата сдачи на хранение грамоты | Дата вступления в силу | Дата вступления в силу денонсации |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Албания (присоединение) | 16.03.2005 | 14.06.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Аргентина (присоединение) [<1>](#p100024) | 26.05.1983 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Багамские Острова (присоединение) | 07.06.1983 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Барбадос (присоединение) | 06.05.1994 | 04.08.1994 | 08.06.2023 |
| Белиз (присоединение) | 22.08.2011 [<1>](#p100024) | 20.11.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Бельгия (присоединение) | 15.06.1989 | 13.09.1989 | 23.04.2014 |
| Вануату (присоединение) | 13.01.1989 | 13.04.1989 |  |
| Гайана (присоединение) | 10.12.1997 | 10.03.1998 |  |
| Греция (принятие) | 03.07.1991 | 01.10.1991 | 23.04.2014 |
| Грузия (присоединение) | 25.08.1995 | 23.11.1995 | 22.08.2019 |
| Доминика (присоединение) | 31.08.2001 | 29.11.2001 |  |
| Египет (присоединение) | 18.10.1991 | 16.01.1992 |  |
| Иордания (присоединение) | 03.10.1995 | 01.01.1996 |  |
| Ирландия (присоединение) | 24.02.1998 | 25.05.1998 |  |
| Испания (присоединение) | 08.10.1981 | 28.04.1987 | 11.09.2015 |
| Йемен (присоединение) | 06.03.1979 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Китай (присоединение) [<3>](#p100031) | 01.06.1994 | 30.08.1994 |  |
| Конго (присоединение) | 19.05.2014 | 17.08.2014 |  |
| Латвия (присоединение) | 06.12.2001 | 06.03.2002 | 23.04.2014 |
| Либерия (присоединение) | 17.02.1981 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Ливия (присоединение) | 08.11.2012 | 06.02.2013 |  |
| Люксембург (присоединение) | 14.02.1991 | 15.05.1991 |  |
| Малави (присоединение) | 09.03.1993 | 07.06.1993 |  |
| Маршалловы Острова (присоединение) | 29.11.1994 | 27.02.1995 | 27.01.2015 |
| Нигерия (присоединение) | 24.02.2004 | 24.05.2004 |  |
| Польша (ратификация) | 28.01.1987 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| <a id="p100014"></a>Российская Федерация (присоединение) [<1>](#p100024), [<4>](#p100032) | 27.04.1983 | 28.04.1987 | <a id="p100088"></a>16.04.2019 |
| Саудовская Аравия (присоединение) | 25.01.2019 | 25.04.2019 |  |
| Сент-Китс и Невис (присоединение) | 30.08.2005 | 28.11.2005 |  |
| Сербия (присоединение) | 25.05.2011 | 23.08.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Соединенное Королевство (ратификация) [<2>](#p100025) | 31.01.1980 | 28.04.1987 | 23.04.2014 |
| Тонга (присоединение) | 15.02.1977 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Украина (присоединение) | 11.11.1994 | 09.02.1995 |  |
| Хорватия (присоединение) | 12.01.1998 | 12.04.1998 | 23.04.2014 |
| Швейцария (ратификация) | 15.12.1987 | 14.03.1988 |  |
| Экваториальная Гвинея (присоединение) | 24.04.1996 | 23.07.1996 |  |
| Эстония (присоединение) | 08.10.2002 | 06.01.2003 |  |


<a id="p100015"></a>Число государств-участников: 25






## <a id="p100016"></a>ATHENS CONVENTION RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS AND THEIR LUGGAGE BY SEA, 1974 (PAL 1974)

Done at Athens, 13 December 1974

<a id="p100017"></a>Status as at: 09.12.2025

<a id="p100018"></a>Entry into force: 28 April 1987


### <a id="p100019"></a>I. Signatories



| <a id="p100020"></a>Germany, Federal Republic of | Subject to ratification |
| --- | --- |
| Greece | Subject to accept this |
| Poland | Subject to ratification |
| Switzerland | Sous réserve de ratification |
| United Kingdom | Subject to ratification |
| Yugoslavia | Sous réserve quant $\text{а}$ la ratification |



### <a id="p100021"></a>II. Contracting States



|  | <a id="p100022"></a>Date of deposit of instrument | Date of entry into force | Effective date of denunciation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Albania (accession) | 16.03.2005 | 14.06.2005 | 23.04.2014 |
| Argentina (accession) <1> | 26.05.1983 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Bahamas (accession) | 07.06.1983 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Barbados (accession) | 06.05.1994 | 04.08.1994 | 08.06.2023 |
| Belgium (accession) | 15.06.1989 | 13.09.1989 | 23.04.2014 |
| Belize (accession) | 22.08.2011 <1> | 20.11.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| China (accession) <3> | 01.06.1994 | 30.08.1994 |  |
| Congo (accession) | 19.05.2014 | 17.08.2014 |  |
| Croatia (accession) | 12.01.1998 | 12.04.1998 | 23.04.2014 |
| Dominica (accession) | 31.08.2001 | 29.11.2001 |  |
| Egypt (accession) | 18.10.1991 | 16.01.1992 |  |
| Equatorial Guinea (accession) | 24.04.1996 | 23.07.1996 |  |
| Estonia (accession) | 08.10.2002 | 06.01.2003 |  |
| Georgia (accession) | 25.08.1995 | 23.11.1995 | 22.08.2019 |
| Greece (acceptance) | 03.07.1991 | 01.10.1991 | 23.04.2014 |
| Guyana (accession) | 10.12.1997 | 10.03.1998 |  |
| Ireland (accession) | 24.02.1998 | 25.05.1998 |  |
| Jordan (accession) | 03.10.1995 | 01.01.1996 |  |
| Latvia (accession) | 06.12.2001 | 06.03.2002 | 23.04.2014 |
| Liberia (accession) | 17.02.1981 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Libya (accession) | 08.11.2012 | 06.02.2013 |  |
| Luxembourg (accession) | 14.02.1991 | 15.05.1991 |  |
| Malawi (accession) | 09.03.1993 | 07.06.1993 |  |
| Marshall Islands (accession) | 29.11.1994 | 27.02.1995 | 27.01.2015 |
| Nigeria (accession) | 24.02.2004 | 24.05.2004 |  |
| Poland (ratification) | 28.01.1987 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Russian Federation (accession) <1>, <4> | 27.04.1983 | 28.04.1987 | 16.04.2019 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (accession) | 30.08.2005 | 28.11.2005 |  |
| Saudi Arabia (accession) | 25.01.2019 | 25.04.2019 |  |
| Serbia (accession) | 25.05.2011 | 23.08.2011 | 23.04.2014 |
| Spain (accession) | 08.10.1981 | 28.04.1987 | 11.09.2015 |
| Switzerland (ratification) | 15.12.1987 | 14.03.1988 |  |
| Tonga (accession) | 15.02.1977 | 28.04.1987 |  |
| Ukraine (accession) | 11.11.1994 | 09.02.1995 |  |
| United Kingdom (ratification) <2> | 31.01.1980 | 28.04.1987 | 23.04.2014 |
| Vanuatu (accession) | 13.01.1989 | 13.04.1989 |  |
| Yemen (accession) | 06.03.1979 | 28.04.1987 |  |



| Number of Contracting States: | 25 |
| --- | --- |



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<a id="p100024"></a><1> For the text of a declaration, reservation or statement, see section IV.
<a id="p100025"></a><2> The United Kingdom declared ratification to be effective also in respect of:


| <a id="p100026"></a>Bailiwick of Guernsey | Gibraltar <**> |
| --- | --- |
| Bailiwick of Jersey | Hong Kong <***> |
| Bermuda | Isle of Man |
| British Virgin Islands | Montserrat |
| Cayman Islands | Pitcairn |
| Falkland Islands <*> | St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha <****> |



<a id="p100087"></a>

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<a id="p100027"></a><*> For the text of a reservation made by the Argentine Republic and a communication received from the United Kingdom, see section III.
<a id="p100089"></a>The Depositary received a communication, on 19 December 2024, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, informing that the denunciation of the Convention was extended to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The extension of denunciation to the Falkland Islands took effect on 19 December 2024, the date on which the notification from the United Kingdom was received by the Secretary-General.
<a id="p100090"></a>+ A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The Secretary-General received a communication from the Embassy of the Argentine Republic, on 29 April 2025, the full text of which is contained in Circular Letter No. 5010.
<a id="p100028"></a>**<**> The depositary received a communication, dated 8 May 2014, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, informing that the denunciation of the Convention was extended to Gibraltar on 8 May 2014.**
<a id="p100029"></a>**<***> Ceased to apply to Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997.**
<a id="p100030"></a>**<****> The depositary received a communication, dated 2 March 2010, from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, informing that the name of the British overseas territory formerly called "St. Helena and Dependencies" has been changed to "St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha". The status of the territory as a British overseas territory remains unchanged.**

<a id="p100031"></a><3> Applies to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with effect from 1 July 1997 and to the Macao Special Administrative Region with effect from 24 June 2005.
<a id="p100032"></a><4> As from 26 December 1991 the membership of the USSR in the Convention is continued by the Russian Federation.


### <a id="p100033"></a>III. States which have denounced the Convention



|  |  | <a id="p100034"></a>Date of receipt of denunciation | <a id="p100035"></a>Effective date of denunciation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| <a id="p100036"></a>1. | <a id="p100037"></a>Albania | <a id="p100038"></a>16 March 2005 | <a id="p100039"></a>23 April 2014 |
| <a id="p100040"></a>2. | <a id="p100041"></a>Belgium | <a id="p100042"></a>23 April 2013 | <a id="p100043"></a>23 April 2014 |
| 3. | Barbados | 8 March 2023 | 8 June 2023 |
| <a id="p100044"></a>4. | <a id="p100045"></a>Belize | <a id="p100046"></a>27 March 2014 | <a id="p100047"></a>23 April 2014 |
| <a id="p100048"></a>5. | <a id="p100049"></a>Croatia | <a id="p100050"></a>25 September 2013 | <a id="p100051"></a>23 April 2014 |
| 6. | Georgia | 22 May 2019 | 22 August 2019 |
| <a id="p100052"></a>7. | <a id="p100053"></a>Greece | <a id="p100054"></a>6 December 2013 | <a id="p100055"></a>23 April 2014 |
| 8. | Ireland | 7 August 2014 | 7 November 2014 |
| <a id="p100056"></a>9. | <a id="p100057"></a>Latvia | <a id="p100058"></a>15 February 2005 | <a id="p100059"></a>23 April 2014 |
| 10. | Marshall Islands | 27 October 2014 | 27 January 2015 |
| 11. | Spain | 11 June 2015 | 11 September 2015 |
| <a id="p100060"></a>12. | <a id="p100061"></a>Serbia | <a id="p100062"></a>25 May 2011 | <a id="p100063"></a>23 April 2014 |
| 13. | Russian Federation | 16 January 2019 | 16 April 2019 |
| <a id="p100064"></a>14. | <a id="p100065"></a>United Kingdom | <a id="p100066"></a>21 January 2014 | <a id="p100067"></a>23 April 2014 |



### <a id="p100068"></a>IV. Declarations, Reservations and Statements


<a id="p100069"></a>Argentina <1>
<a id="p100070"></a>The instrument of accession of the Argentine Republic contained a declaration of non-application of the Convention under article 22, paragraph 1, as follows (in the Spanish language):
<a id="p100071"></a>[Translation]
<a id="p100072"></a>"The Argentine Republic will not apply the Convention when both the passengers and the carrier are Argentine nationals."
<a id="p100073"></a>The instrument also contained the following reservations:
<a id="p100074"></a>[Translation]
<a id="p100075"></a>"The Argentine Republic rejects the extension of the application of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 1974, adopted in Athens, Greece, on 13 December 1974, and of the Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea, 1974, approved in London on 19 December 1976, to the Malvinas Islands as notified by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in ratifying the said instrument on 31 January 1980 under the incorrect designation of "Falkland Islands", and reaffirms is sovereign rights over the said Islands which form an integral part of its national territory."

<a id="p100076"></a>

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<a id="p100077"></a><1> A communication dated 19 October 1983 from the Government of the United Kingdom, the full text of which was circulated by the depositary, includes the following:
<a id="p100078"></a>...
<a id="p100079"></a>"The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland reject each and every one of these statements and assertions. The United Kingdom has no doubt as to its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and thus its right to include them within the scope of application of international agreements of which it is a party. The United Kingdom cannot accept that the Government of the Argentine Republic has any rights in this regard. Nor can the United Kingdom accept that the Falkland Islands are incorrectly designated."


#### <a id="p100080"></a>German Democratic Republic

<a id="p100081"></a>The instrument of accession of the German Democratic Republic was accompanied by the following reservation (in the German language):
<a id="p100082"></a>[Translation]
<a id="p100083"></a>"The German Democratic Republic declares that the provisions of this Convention shall have no effect when the passenger is a national of the German Democratic Republic and when the performing carrier is a permanent resident of the German Democratic Republic or has its seat there."


#### <a id="p100084"></a>USSR

<a id="p100085"></a>The instrument of accession of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics contained a declaration of non-application of the Convention under article 22, paragraph 1.



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