Country	Action	Action Date	Effective Date
AFGHANISTAN	Ratification	16/05/1979	16/05/1980
ALGERIA	Ratification	26/01/1984	26/01/1985
Antigua	Decision Resvd.	16/01/1979
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	Ratification	16/09/2002	16/09/2003
ARGENTINA	Ratification	15/06/1978	15/06/1979
Aruba	App without mod	06/08/1986	06/08/1986
AUSTRALIA	Ratification	10/09/1985
AUSTRALIA	Declaration	21/08/1992	21/08/1992
AUSTRIA	Ratification	02/03/1979	02/03/1980
AZERBAIJAN	Ratification	19/05/1992	19/05/1992
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Ratification	02/06/1993	02/06/1993
BRAZIL	Ratification	24/11/1981	24/11/1982
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Ratification	03/05/1979	03/05/1980
CUBA	Ratification	05/01/1978	05/01/1979
CYPRUS	Ratification	28/06/1977	28/06/1978
CZECH REPUBLIC	Succession	01/01/1993	01/01/1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Ratification	06/03/1979	06/03/1980
DENMARK	Ratification	05/06/1981	05/06/1982
DENMARK	Declaration	05/06/1981
ECUADOR	Ratification	26/10/1977	26/10/1978
EGYPT	Ratification	25/03/1982	25/03/1983
Falkland Islands	Decision Resvd.	26/03/1979
FINLAND	Ratification	14/09/1977	14/09/1978
FRANCE	Ratification	10/09/1984	10/09/1985
FRANCE	Declaration	09/05/1986	09/05/1986
French Guiana	App without mod	09/05/1986
French Polynesia	App without mod	09/05/1986
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Ratification	19/06/1979	19/06/1980
GERMANY FEDERAL REPUBLIC	Ratification	29/12/1980	29/12/1981
Gibraltar	App. with mods.	05/12/1977	15/02/1978
Gilbert Islands	Decision Resvd.	21/11/1977
GREECE	Ratification	17/10/1989	17/10/1990
Guadeloupe	App without mod	09/05/1986
Guernsey	App without mod	20/02/1979
GUINEA	Ratification	05/06/1978	05/06/1979
GUYANA	Ratification	10/01/1983	10/01/1984
Hong Kong	App. with mods.	25/07/1978
Hong Kong	App. with mods.	05/03/1979
HONG KONG SAR	App without mod	08/04/2004	08/04/2005
HUNGARY	Ratification	17/06/1976
IRAQ	Ratification	26/07/1978	26/07/1979
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	22/06/1979	22/06/1980
Isle of Man	Decision Resvd.	23/01/1979
ISRAEL	Ratification	21/06/1979	21/06/1980
ITALY	Ratification	18/10/1979	18/10/1980
JAPAN	Ratification	10/06/1986	10/06/1987
JORDAN	Ratification	23/07/1979	23/07/1980
KENYA	Ratification	09/04/1979	09/04/1980
KOREA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	21/01/1994	21/01/1995
KYRGYZSTAN	Ratification	31/03/1992	31/03/1992
LATVIA	Ratification	08/03/1993	08/03/1994
LEBANON	Ratification	23/02/2000	23/02/2001
LITHUANIA	Ratification	26/09/1994	26/09/1995
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	21/03/2001	21/03/2002
Martinique	App without mod	09/05/1986
MEXICO	Ratification	28/06/1978	28/06/1979
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	19/12/2001	19/12/2002
Montserrat	Decision Resvd.	23/05/1977
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	19/06/1979	19/06/1980
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	06/08/1986	06/08/1986
New Caledonia	App without mod	09/05/1986
NICARAGUA	Ratification	04/11/1977	04/11/1978
NIGER	Ratification	28/01/1993	28/01/1994
NORWAY	Ratification	24/11/1976	24/11/1977
POLAND	Ratification	10/10/1979	10/10/1980
PORTUGAL	Ratification	09/01/1981	09/01/1982
PORTUGAL	Declaration	30/11/1999
Reunion	App without mod	09/05/1986
SAN MARINO	Ratification	23/05/1985	23/05/1986
SLOVENIA	Ratification	09/06/1992	09/06/1992
SOVIET UNION	Ratification	03/05/1979	03/05/1980
SPAIN	Ratification	16/05/1977	16/05/1978
St Helena	Decision Resvd.	07/06/1983
St Kitts Nevis Anguilla	Decision Resvd.	08/06/1977
St Pierre and Miquelon	App without mod	09/05/1986
SWEDEN	Ratification	19/07/1976
SWITZERLAND	Ratification	23/05/1977	23/05/1978
TAJIKISTAN	Ratification	26/11/1993	26/11/1993
TANZANIA	Ratification	30/05/1983	30/05/1984
TUNISIA	Ratification	23/02/1989	23/02/1990
TURKEY	Ratification	12/07/1993	12/07/1994
UKRAINE S S R	Ratification	03/05/1979	03/05/1980
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	15/02/1977
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	15/02/1977	15/02/1978
VENEZUELA	Ratification	08/10/1984	08/10/1985
YUGOSLAVIA	Ratification	06/12/1983	06/12/1984
YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	24/11/2000	24/11/2000