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Legal instruments in the field of transport

Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels
Geneva, 25 January 1965

Entry into force: 24 June 1982, in accordance with article 17 (1).
Registration: 24 June 1982, No. 21114.
Status:

Signatories: 7, Parties: 9.

Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1281, p. 111. 
   
Note: The Convention was prepared by the Sub-Committee on Inland Water Transport of the Inland Transport Committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and its subsidiary bodies (Working Party on River Law and Groups of Rapporteurs). The Inland Transport Committee, at its twenty-first session held from 20 to 24 January 1964, decided that the question of the opening of the Convention for signature should be settled by the Sub-Committee on Inland Water Transport at its next session (see Report of the Inland Transport Committee on its twenty-third session, document E/ECE/TRANS/535, paragraph 52). The decision to open the Convention for signature was taken by the said Sub-Committee at its eighth session held from 28 to 30 October 1964 (see document TRANS/291, paragraph 17).

Participant
Signature  
Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) 
Austria 
18 Jun 1965 
26 Aug 1977 
Belarus 
30 Aug 2006 a 
Belgium 
31 Dec 1965 
Croatia 
31 Jul 2002 d 
France 
31 Dec 1965 
13 Jun 1972 
Germany
5 Nov 1965 
Luxembourg 
14 Dec 1965 
26 Mar 1982 
Montenegro 
23 Oct 2006 d  
Netherlands
30 Dec 1965 
14 Nov 1974 
Serbia
12 Mar 2001 d 
Switzerland 
28 Dec 1965 
14 Jan 1976 

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