Status: United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (New York, 2014)

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All dates: DD/MM/YYYY

State

Notes

Signature

Ratification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)

Entry into force

Australia
 
18/07/2017
17/09/2020
17/03/2021
Belgium
 
15/09/2015
 
 
Benin
 
10/07/2017
19/07/2021
19/01/2022
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
 
16/04/2018
13/10/2020
13/04/2021
Cameroon
 
11/05/2017
18/06/2018
18/12/2018
Canada
 
17/03/2015
12/12/2016
18/10/2017
Congo
 
30/09/2015
 
 
European Union
(a)
02/07/2024
 
 
Finland
 
17/03/2015
 
 
France
 
17/03/2015
 
 
Gabon
 
29/09/2015
 
 
Gambia
 
20/09/2017
28/09/2018
28/03/2019
Germany
 
17/03/2015
 
 
Iraq
 
13/02/2017
20/08/2021
20/02/2022
Italy
 
19/05/2015
 
 
Luxembourg
 
15/09/2015
 
 
Madagascar
 
01/10/2015
 
 
Mauritius
 
17/03/2015
05/06/2015
18/10/2017
Netherlands
 
18/05/2016
 
 
Sweden
 
17/03/2015
 
 
Switzerland
 
27/03/2015
18/04/2017
18/10/2017
Syrian Arab Republic
 
24/03/2015
 
 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 
17/03/2015
 
 
United States of America
 
17/03/2015
 
 

Parties: 9

Notes

(a) Reservation by the European Union pursuant to Article 3(l)(a) of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (10 December 2014) (‘the Convention’): Pursuant to Article 3(l)(a) of the Convention, the European Union declares that it shall not apply the Convention when acting as a respondent in the case of a dispute under the Energy Charter Treaty initiated against a Member State of the European Union which is not a party to the Convention, unless agreed upon otherwise with the Member State of the European Union concerned. The Energy Charter Treaty is a multilateral agreement. At the date of this reservation, the Energy Charter Treaty has 56 contracting parties. This reservation shall apply in respect of all contracting parties that are parties to the Convention.