Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention)
Geneva, 15 January 1959
Entry into force: | 7 January 1960 by the exchange of the said letters, in accordance with article 40 [Note: Article 56(1) of the TIR Convention of 1975 (see chapter XI-A-16) provides that the said Convention, upon its entry into force, shall terminate and replace, in relations between the Contracting Parties thereto, the present Convention. The said Convention of 1975 came into force on 20 March 1978.]. |
Registration: | 7 January 1960, No. 4996. |
Status: | Signatories: 9 ,Parties: 37. |
Text: | United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 348, p. 13; vol. 481, p. 598 (amendment 1),2 and vol. 566, p. 356 (Amendment 2). |
Participant | Signature | Definitive signature (s), Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
Afghanistan | 11 Oct 1971 a | |
Albania | 1 Oct 1969 a | |
Austria | 15 Feb 1959 | 3 Feb 1960 |
Belgium | 4 Mar 1959 | 14 Mar 1962 |
Bulgaria | 15 Apr 1959 s | |
Canada | 26 Nov 1974 a | |
Cyprus | 3 Jun 1977 a | |
Czech Republic | 2 Jun 1993 d | |
Denmark | 15 Apr 1959 s | |
Finland | 14 Jun 1960 a | |
France | 14 Apr 1959 | 3 Jul 1959 |
Germany | 13 Apr 1959 | 23 Oct 1961 |
Greece | 2 May 1961 a | |
Hungary | 6 Dec 1961 a | |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 25 May 1971 a | |
Ireland | 7 Jul 1967 a | |
Israel | 31 Oct 1969 a | |
Italy | 15 Apr 1959 | 11 Jan 1963 |
Japan | 14 May 1971 a | |
Jordan | 8 Nov 1973 a | |
Kuwait | 26 May 1977 a | |
Luxembourg | 14 Apr 1959 | 3 Jul 1962 |
Malta | 31 Jan 1978 a | |
Morocco | 10 Oct 1975 a | |
Netherlands | 9 Apr 1959 | 27 Jul 1960 |
Norway | 2 Mar 1960 a | |
Poland | 3 Oct 1961 a | |
Portugal | 6 Jun 1966 a | |
Romania | 9 Apr 1964 a | |
Russian Federation | 20 Feb 1974 a | |
Slovakia | 28 May 1993 d | |
Spain | 12 May 1961 a | |
Sweden | 14 Apr 1959 s | |
Switzerland | 12 Mar 1959 | 7 Jul 1960 |
Turkey | 23 Feb 1966 a | |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13 Apr 1959 | 9 Oct 1959 |
United States of America | 3 Dec 1968 a |
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