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European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN)
Geneva, 19 January 1996
Registration: 26 July 1999, No. 35939, in accordance with article 8(2). 
Status: Signatories: 17, Parties: 19.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2072, p. 313; and depositary notification C.N.579.2000.TREATIES-4 of 21 August 2000 (procès-verbal of rectification to the original text of the Agreement); C.N.161.2006.TREATIES-1 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to the Agreement) and C.N.245.2007.TREATIES-1 of 1 March 2007 (Acceptance); C.N.163.2006.TREATIES-2 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.670.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.164.2006.TREATIES-3 of 28?February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annex III the Agreement) and C.N.671.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.946.2006.TREATIES-2 of 31 October 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/SC.3/174/Add.1 (Proposal of amendments to the AGN Agreement) and 1039.2007.TREATIES-1 of 6 November 2007 (Acceptance); C.N.15.2009.TREATIES-1 of 14 January 2009 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.424.2009.TREATIES-2 of 15 July 2009 (Acceptance of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement); C.N.18.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 8 January 2013 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.434.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5  of 15 July 2013 (Acceptance of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement); C.N.533.2013.TREATIES-XI.D.5 of 7 August 2013 (Proposal of amendments to articles 12, 13 and 14 of the Agreement) .
   
Note: The Agreement was adopted by the Inland Transportation Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe at its fifty-eighth session held at Geneva from 15 to 19 January 1996. In accordance with its article 5 (1), the Agreement is open at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva for signature by States which are members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe or have been admitted to the Commission in a consultative capacity in conformity with paragraphs 8 and 11 of the Terms of Reference of the Commission, form 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997.


Participant
Signature  
Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a) 
Austria 
29 Sep 1997 
30 Aug 2010
Belarus 
26 Mar 2008 a 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
10 Mar 2008 a 
Bulgaria 
28 Apr 1999 a 
Croatia 
23 Jun 1997 
27 Apr 1999 A 
Czech Republic 
23 Jun 1997 
8 Aug 1997 AA 
Finland 
23 Jun 1997 
France 
24 Sep 1997 
Germany 
23 Jun 1997 
Greece 
24 Sep 1997 
Hungary 
23 Jun 1997 
22 Oct 1997 
Italy 
24 Sep 1997 
4 Apr 2000 
Lithuania 
25 Jun 1997 
28 Apr 2000 
Luxembourg 
20 Jan 1997 
29 Jun 1999 
Moldova 
23 Jun 1997 
23 Mar 1998 
Netherlands
23 Jun 1997 
21 Apr 1998 
Poland 17 Mar 2017 a
Romania 
23 Jun 1997 
24 Feb 1999 
Russian Federation 
26 Sep 1997 
31 May 2002 AA 
Serbia 10 Jan 2014 a
Slovakia 
23 Jun 1997 
2 Feb 1998 AA 
Switzerland 
23 Jun 1997 
21 Aug 1997 
Ukraine 
 
5 Jan 2010 a

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