CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AUSTRIAAccession09/10/195609/10/1956
BELGIUMSignature11/12/1953
BELGIUMRatification14/06/195514/06/1955
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAAccession29/12/199429/12/1994
Cook IslandsExtension20/07/1978
CROATIAAccession27/01/199327/01/1993
CYPRUSSignature30/11/1967
CYPRUSRatification29/10/196829/10/1968
CZECH REPUBLICSuccession01/01/199301/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIASignature26/03/1991
CZECHOSLOVAKIAApproval26/03/199126/03/1991
DENMARKSignature11/12/1953
DENMARKRatification20/04/195420/04/1954
FINLANDSignature16/09/1991
FINLANDRatification16/09/199116/09/1991
FRANCESignature11/12/1953
FRANCERatification11/03/195511/03/1955
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICSignature11/12/1953
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICReservation11/12/1953
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICRatification03/03/195503/03/1955
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICDeclaration03/03/1955
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLICReservation03/03/1955
GREECESignature11/12/1953
GREECERatification05/12/195505/12/1955
HUNGARYSignature03/02/1992
ICELANDSignature11/12/1953
ICELANDRatification05/08/195405/08/1954
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature11/12/1953
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFRatification31/03/1954
Isle of ManExtension02/09/1994
ISRAELAccession07/10/197107/10/1971
ITALYSignature11/12/1953
ITALYRatification31/10/195631/10/1956
ITALYReservation31/10/1956
LATVIASignature05/12/1996
LATVIARatification05/12/199605/12/1996
LIECHTENSTEINSignature22/05/1991
LIECHTENSTEINRatification22/05/199122/05/1991
LITHUANIASignature07/06/1996
LITHUANIARatification07/02/199707/02/1997
LUXEMBOURGSignature11/12/1953
LUXEMBOURGRatification12/01/195512/01/1955
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFAccession30/03/199430/03/1994
MALTASignature07/05/1968
MALTARatification06/05/196906/05/1969
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFSignature02/05/1996
NETHERLANDS THESignature11/12/1953
NETHERLANDS THERatification27/08/1956
NEW ZEALANDAccession20/07/197820/07/1978
Niue IslandExtension20/07/1978
NORWAYSignature11/12/1953
NORWAYRatification21/05/195421/05/1954
POLANDSignature11/07/1994
POLANDRatification10/10/1994
PORTUGALSignature27/04/1978
PORTUGALRatification03/11/198103/11/1981
ROMANIASignature02/10/1995
ROMANIARatification22/04/199822/04/1998
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONSignature07/11/1996
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONRatification17/09/199917/09/1999
SAAR TERRITORYSignature11/12/1953
SAAR TERRITORYRatification08/09/1954
SAN MARINOSignature11/05/1990
SAN MARINORatification20/11/1996
SLOVAK REPUBLICSuccession08/01/199301/01/1993
SLOVENIAAccession02/07/199202/07/1992
SPAINAccession21/03/196221/03/1962
SWEDENSignature11/12/1953
SWEDENRatification27/05/196027/05/1960
SWITZERLANDSignature25/04/1991
SWITZERLANDDeclaration25/04/1991
SWITZERLANDRatification25/04/1991
Tokelau IslandsExtension20/07/1978
TURKEYSignature11/12/1953
TURKEYRatification10/10/195710/10/1957
UNITED KINGDOMSignature11/12/1953
UNITED KINGDOMRatification22/03/195401/01/1900
YUGOSLAVIAAccession15/09/197715/09/1977