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OPRC-HNS 2000

PROTOCOL ON PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND CO-OPERATION TO POLLUTION INCIDENTS BY HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES, 2000 (OPRC-HNS 2000) Done at London, 15 March 2000 Entry into force: 14 June 2007 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession Article 13 (1) This Protocol shall remain open for signature at the Headquarters of the Organization from 15 March 2000 until 14 March 2001 and shall thereafter remain open for accession. Any State party to the OPRC Convention may become Party to this Protocol by: (a) (b) signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or signature subject to ratification acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval; or accession.

(c)

(2) Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with the Secretary-General.

Entry into force Article 15 (1) This Protocol shall enter into force twelve months after the date on which not less than fifteen States have either signed it without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval or have deposited the requisite instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in accordance with article 13. (2) For States which have deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession in respect of this Protocol after the entry into force requirements have been met but prior to the date of entry into force, the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall take effect on the date of entry into force of this Protocol or three months after the date of deposit of the instrument, whichever is the later date. (3) For States which have deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession after the date on which this Protocol entered into force, this Protocol shall become effective three months after the date of deposit of the instrument. (4) After the date on which an amendment to this Protocol is deemed to have been accepted under article 12, any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited shall apply to this Protocol, as amended.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________ I. II. Signatories Contracting States

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I. Signatories

Brazil Denmark Finland France Germany, Federal Republic of Greece Netherlands

Subject to ratification Subject to ratification and with reservation for application to the Faroe and Greenland Subject to acceptance Sous rserve de l'accomplissement des procdures constitutionelles internes Subject to ratification Subject to ratification Subject to acceptance

II. Contracting States

Date of deposit of instrument Australia (accession) Chile (accession) China (accession) 1 Colombia (accession) Denmark (ratification) Ecuador (accession) Egypt (accession) Estonia (accession) France (accession) Germany (ratification) Greece (ratification) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Japan (accession) Liberia (accession) Malta (accession) Netherlands (accession) Norway (accession) Palau (accession) Poland (accession) Portugal (accession) Republic of Korea (accession) Singapore (accession) Slovenia (accession) Spain (accession) Sweden (accession) Syrian Arab Republic (accession) Uruguay (accession) Vanuatu (accession) 16 March 2005 16 October 2006 19 November 2009 11 June 2008 30 September 2008 29 January 2002 26 May 2004 16 May 2008 24 April 2007 2 June 2009 28 May 2003 19 April 2011 9 March 2007 18 September 2008 21 January 2003 22 October 2002 16 February 2012 29 September 2011 12 June 2003 14 June 2006 11 January 2008 16 October 2003 5 April 2006 27 January 2005 8 January 2003 10 February 2005 31 July 2003 15 March 2004

Date of entry into force 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 19 February 2010 11 September 2008 30 December 2008 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 16 August 2008 24 July 2007 2 September 2009 14 June 2007 19 July 2011 14 June 2007 18 December 2008 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 16 May 2012 29 December 2011 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 11 April 2008 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 14 June 2007

Number of Contracting States:

28 (the combined merchant fleets of which constitute approximately 38.43% of the gross tonnage of the worlds merchant fleet

Applies to Macao Administrative Region.