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Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991
Geneva, 17 January 1997

 

Not yet in force: see article 9 which reads as follows: "1. This Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date on which the Governments of five States have deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, provided that one or more waterways of the international inland waterway network for combined transport link, in a continous manner, the territories of at least three of the States which have deposited such an instrument. 2. If the above condition is not fulfilled, the Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, whereby the said condition will be satisfied. 3. For each State which deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession after the commencement of the period of 90 days specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, the Protocol shall enter into frce 90 days after the date of deposit of the said instument.".
Status: Signatories: 15 ,Parties: 8.
Text: Depositary notification C.N.444.1997.TREAITES-1 of 7 November 1997.
   
Note: The Protocol has been adopted by the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe on 17 January 1997. In accordance with its article 6 (1), the Protocol will be open at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva for signature by States which are Contracting Parties to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991 from 1 November 1997 to 31 October 1998.

 

Participant Signature   Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a) 
Austria  13 Nov 1997   
Bulgaria  28 Oct 1998  20 May 1999 
Czech Republic  13 Nov 1997  2 Sep 1998 AA 
Denmark  13 Nov 1997  26 Feb 1998 A 
France  13 Nov 1997   
Germany  13 Nov 1997   
Greece  13 Nov 1997   
Hungary  13 Nov 1997  27 Sep 2007 AA 
Italy  13 Nov 1997   
Luxembourg  29 Apr 1998  7 Mar 2000 
Netherlands  13 Nov 1997  2 Nov 1999 A 
Portugal  13 Nov 1997   
Romania  13 Nov 1997  24 Feb 1999 
Slovakia  29 Jun 1998   
Switzerland  13 Nov 1997  4 Mar 1998 

 

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