CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
AUSTRALIAAccession08/04/200807/06/2008
AUSTRALIADeclaration08/04/2008
AZERBAIJANAccession15/04/200214/06/2002
CANADADefinitive Signature22/06/1999
CHINAAcceptance10/10/200009/12/2000
CHINADeclaration10/10/200009/12/2000
CYPRUSAccession12/04/200511/06/2005
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYSignature18/10/1999
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYApproval15/02/200016/03/2000
EUROPEAN COMMUNITYDeclaration15/02/2000
FINLANDAccession08/06/200107/08/2001
FRANCESignature22/09/1999
FRANCEApproval04/01/2000
GERMANYDefinitive Signature11/05/2000
HUNGARYAccession22/06/200121/08/2001
INDIAAccession21/02/200622/04/2006
ITALYAccession01/12/200030/01/2001
JAPANAcceptance03/08/1999
KAZAKHSTANAccession28/06/201127/08/2011
KOREA REPUBLIC OFAccession02/11/200001/01/2001
LITHUANIAAccession26/05/200625/07/2006
LUXEMBOURGAccession16/09/200515/11/2005
MALAYSIAAccession03/02/200604/04/2006
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFAccession16/01/200717/03/2007
NETHERLANDS THEAccession04/01/200105/03/2002
NETHERLANDS THEApplication30/04/2003
NEW ZEALANDAccession27/11/200126/01/2002
ROMANIAAccession25/04/200224/06/2002
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONDefinitive Signature26/07/2000
SLOVAK REPUBLICAccession07/11/2001
SOUTH AFRICASignature14/06/2000
SOUTH AFRICARatification18/04/200117/06/2001
SPAINSignature24/08/1998
SPAINRatification23/04/200222/06/2002
SWEDENAccession03/12/200201/02/2003
TAJIKISTANAccession28/12/201126/02/2012
TUNISIAAccession02/11/200701/01/2008
TURKEYAccession03/07/200101/09/2001
UNITED KINGDOMSignature10/01/2000
UNITED KINGDOMDefinitive Signature10/01/2000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAAcceptance26/07/1999