Status: United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg, 1978) (the "Hamburg Rules")
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All dates: DD/MM/YYYY
State
Notes
Signature
Ratification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)
Entry into force
Albania
20/07/2006(*)
01/08/2007
Austria
30/04/1979
29/07/1993
01/08/1994
Barbados
02/02/1981(*)
01/11/1992
Botswana
16/02/1988(*)
01/11/1992
Brazil
31/03/1978
Burkina Faso
14/08/1989(*)
01/11/1992;
Burundi
04/09/1998(*)
01/10/1999
Cameroon
21/10/1993(*)
01/11/1994
Chile
31/03/1978
09/07/1982
01/11/1992
Czechia
(a)
02/06/1993
23/06/1995
01/07/1996
Democratic Republic of the Congo
19/04/1979
Denmark
18/04/1979
Dominican Republic
28/09/2007(*)
01/10/2008
Ecuador
31/03/1978
Egypt
31/03/1978
23/04/1979
01/11/1992
Finland
18/04/1979
France
18/04/1979
Gambia
07/02/1996(*)
01/03/1997
Georgia
21/03/1996(*)
01/04/1997
Germany
31/03/1978
Ghana
31/03/1978
Guinea
23/01/1991(*)
01/11/1992
Holy See
31/03/1978
Hungary
23/04/1979
05/07/1984
01/11/1992
Jordan
10/05/2001(*)
01/06/2002
Kazakhstan
18/06/2008(*)
01/07/2009
Kenya
31/07/1989(*)
01/11/1992
Lebanon
04/04/1983(*)
01/11/1992
Lesotho
26/10/1989(*)
01/11/1992
Liberia
16/09/2005(*)
01/10/2006
Madagascar
31/03/1978
Malawi
18/03/1991(*)
01/11/1992
Mexico
31/03/1978
Morocco
12/06/1981(*)
01/11/1992
Nigeria
07/11/1988(*)
01/11/1992
Norway
18/04/1979
Pakistan
08/03/1979
Panama
31/03/1978
Paraguay
19/07/2005(*)
01/08/2006
Peru
25/03/2021(*)
01/04/2022
Philippines
14/06/1978
Portugal
31/03/1978
Romania
07/01/1982(*)
01/11/1992
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12/09/2000(*)
01/10/2001
Senegal
31/03/1978
17/03/1986
01/11/1992
Sierra Leone
15/08/1978
07/10/1988
01/11/1992
Singapore
31/03/1978
Slovakia
28/05/1993
Sweden
18/04/1979
Syrian Arab Republic
16/10/2002(*)
01/11/2003
Tunisia
15/09/1980(*)
01/11/1992
Uganda
06/07/1979(*)
01/11/1992
United Republic of Tanzania
24/07/1979(*)
01/11/1992
United States of America
30/04/1979
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
31/03/1978
Zambia
07/10/1991(*)
01/11/1992
Parties: 35
Notes
(a) Czechia declared that limits of carrier's liability in the territory of Czechia adhered to the provision of article 6 of the Convention.