Статус Таможенной конвенции, касающейся контейнеров (Женева, 18 мая 1956 года) [рус., англ.]

(по состоянию на 29 октября 2026 года)

Вступление в силу: 04.08.1959

CUSTOMS CONVENTION ON CONTAINERS

Geneva, 18 May 1956

Status as at: 29-10-2026

Entry into force: 4 August 1959 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 13 [Note: Article 20(1) of the Customs Convention on Containers 1972 (see chapter XI.A-15), provides that, upon its entry into force, it shall terminate and replace, in relations between the Parties to the latter Convention, the present Convention. The said Convention of 1972 came into force on 6 December 1975.].

Registration: 4 August 1959, No. 4834

Status: Signatories: 12. Parties: 44. <1>

Text: Certified true copy

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 338, p. 103.

Note:

DECLARATIONS AND RESERVATIONS

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon ratification, accession or succession.)

Algeria

The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 17 of the said Convention relating to compulsory arbitration.

Bulgaria <9>

Cuba

The Revolutionary Government of Cuba does not consider itself bound by the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 17 of this Convention.

Czech Republic <3>

Denmark <10>

"Pursuant to article 5 in the prevailing Danish Customs Act, the Danish customs area does not comprise Faroe Islands and Greenland. The acceptance of the Convention by Denmark, therefore, applies only to the Danish customs area as defined in the said article."

Poland

The Government of the People's Republic of Poland does not consider itself bound by article 17 of the Convention.

Romania

The Socialist Republic of Romania does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 17, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Convention.

The position of the Socialist Republic of Romania is that a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention can be submitted to arbitration only with the consent of all the parties in dispute.

The Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Romania considers that the maintenance of the state of dependence of certain territories to which the provisions of article 16 of the Convention apply is not in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 14 December 1960 in resolution 1514 (XV), which proclaims the need to put an end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations immediately and unconditionally.

Slovakia <3>

United States of America

"In accordance with paragraph 1 of article 16 of the Convention, the said Convention shall extend to the customs territory of the United States [which at the present time includes the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico]."

Territorial Application

Participant Date of receipt Territories of the notification

Australia 3 Jan 1968 Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island, Value not found for 1010 and Territory of New Guinea

Netherlands (Kingdom 27 Jul 1960 Netherlands Antilles and of the) <7> Netherlands New Guinea

United Kingdom of      23 May 1958        The Isle of Man, Jersey and the
Great Britain and                         Bailiwick of Guernsey

Northern Ireland <8> 19 Oct 1959 Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius, Monteserrat, North Borneo, St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, State of Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, Zanzibar 12 Dec 1974 Hong Kong

End Note

1. On depositing the instrument of ratification, the Government of Switzerland declared that the provisions of the Convention will apply to the Principality of Liechtenstein, so long as it is linked to Switzerland by a customs union treaty.

2. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Convention on 9 March 1961. See also note 1 under «Bosnia and Herzegovina», «Croatia», «former Yugoslavia», «Slovenia», «The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia» and «Yugoslavia» in the «Historical Information» section in the front matter of this volume.