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

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All dates: DD/MM/YYYY

StateNotesSignatureRatification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)Entry into force
Australia18/07/201717/09/202017/03/2021
Belgium15/09/2015
Benin10/07/201719/07/202119/01/2022
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)16/04/201813/10/202013/04/2021
Cameroon11/05/201718/06/201818/12/2018
Canada17/03/201512/12/201618/10/2017
Congo30/09/2015
European Union(a)02/07/202425/09/2025(†)25/03/2026
Finland17/03/2015
France17/03/2015
Gabon29/09/2015
Gambia20/09/201728/09/201828/03/2019
Germany17/03/2015
Iraq13/02/201720/08/202120/02/2022
Italy19/05/2015
Luxembourg15/09/2015
Madagascar01/10/2015
Mauritius17/03/201505/06/201518/10/2017
Netherlands18/05/2016
Panama10/01/2025
Sweden17/03/2015
Switzerland27/03/201518/04/201718/10/2017
Syrian Arab Republic24/03/2015
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland17/03/2015
United States of America17/03/2015

Parties: 10

 

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, including as a result of the application of Article 47(3) of 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 that Member State. The Energy Charter Treaty is a multilateral agreement. This reservation shall apply in respect to all parties to the Energy Charter Treaty that are parties to the Convention, including parties and former parties to the Energy Charter Treaty that made, have made and will make a notification pursuant to Article 47 of the Energy Charter Treaty.