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

StateNotesSignatureRatification, Accession(*), Approval(†), Acceptance(‡) or Succession(§)Entry into force
Albania20/07/2006(*)01/08/2007
Austria30/04/197929/07/199301/08/1994
Barbados02/02/1981(*)01/11/1992
Botswana16/02/1988(*)01/11/1992
Brazil31/03/1978
Burkina Faso14/08/1989(*)01/11/1992;
Burundi04/09/1998(*)01/10/1999
Cameroon21/10/1993(*)01/11/1994
Chile31/03/197809/07/198201/11/1992
Czechia(a)02/06/199323/06/199501/07/1996
Democratic Republic of the Congo19/04/1979
Denmark18/04/1979
Dominican Republic28/09/2007(*)01/10/2008
Ecuador31/03/197831/07/202501/08/2026
Egypt31/03/197823/04/197901/11/1992
Finland18/04/1979
France18/04/1979
Gambia07/02/1996(*)01/03/1997
Georgia21/03/1996(*)01/04/1997
Germany31/03/1978
Ghana31/03/1978
Guinea23/01/1991(*)01/11/1992
Holy See31/03/1978
Hungary23/04/197905/07/198401/11/1992
Jordan10/05/2001(*)01/06/2002
Kazakhstan18/06/2008(*)01/07/2009
Kenya31/07/1989(*)01/11/1992
Lebanon04/04/1983(*)01/11/1992
Lesotho26/10/1989(*)01/11/1992
Liberia16/09/2005(*)01/10/2006
Madagascar31/03/1978
Malawi18/03/1991(*)01/11/1992
Mexico31/03/1978
Morocco12/06/1981(*)01/11/1992
Nigeria07/11/1988(*)01/11/1992
Norway18/04/1979
Pakistan08/03/1979
Panama31/03/1978
Paraguay19/07/2005(*)01/08/2006
Peru25/03/2021(*)01/04/2022
Philippines14/06/1978
Portugal31/03/1978
Romania07/01/1982(*)01/11/1992
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12/09/2000(*)01/10/2001
Senegal31/03/197817/03/198601/11/1992
Sierra Leone15/08/197807/10/198801/11/1992
Singapore31/03/1978
Slovakia28/05/1993
Sweden18/04/1979
Syrian Arab Republic16/10/2002(*)01/11/2003
Tunisia15/09/1980(*)01/11/1992
Uganda06/07/1979(*)01/11/1992
United Republic of Tanzania24/07/1979(*)01/11/1992
United States of America30/04/1979
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)31/03/1978
Zambia07/10/1991(*)01/11/1992

Parties: 36

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.