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Full Title

1974 Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences

Short Title / Abbreviations

UNCTAD Liner Code 1974

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text 1334 UNTS 15
Date of Adoption 06/04/1974
Date of Adoption Comment The treaty was opened for signature from 1 July 1974 - 30 June 1975
Place of Adoption Geneva, Switzerland
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Dispute settlement provisions

Chapter VI: Provisions and Machinery for Settlement of Disputes

Depository

Secretary-General of the United Nations

Annexes

Annex “Model Rules of Procedure for International Mandatory Conciliation”

Entry Into Force Status In Force
Date of Entry into Force

06/10/1983

Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

Article 49: Entry into Force

“1. The present Convention shall enter into force six months after the date on which not less than 24 States, the combined tonnage of which amounts to at least 25 per cent of world tonnage, have become Contracting Parties to it in accordance with article 48. For the purpose of the present article the tonnage shall be deemed to be that contained in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping – Statistical Tables 1973, table 2 “World Fleets – Analysis by Principal Types”, in respect to general cargo (including passenger/cargo) ships and container (fully cellular) ships, exclusive of the United States reserve fleet and the American and Canadian Great Lakes fleets.

2. For each State which thereafter ratifies, accepts, approves or accedes to it, the present Convention shall come into force six months after deposit by such State of the appropriate instrument.”

General Status 75 Parties (as of 08/11/2023)
Links to Current Status/Reservations United Nations Treaty Collection
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia Signature 05/02/1975
Ratification 11/01/1977
Lao PDR
Malaysia Accession 27/08/1982
Myanmar
Philippines Signature 02/08/1974
Ratification 02/03/1976
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
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