Trade Treaties, International Conventions
Full text and summary of various international conventions, model laws, as well as standards and customs of international trade with the list of ratifications and adhesions. For a detailed analysis per country of multilateral trade treaties and other instruments, please refer to the International Trade Centre’s LegaCarta site.
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Transport
Banks, payment and insolvency
Bank guarantees (1)
Bankruptcy and insolvency (2)
Bills of exchange (3)
Cheques (2)
Documentary credit (1)
General (1)
Environment
Environment Conventions and Amendments
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Geneva, 13 November 1979
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP). Geneva, 28 September 1984
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent. Helsinki, 8 July 1985
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution concerning the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides or their transboundary fluxes. Sofia, 31 October 1988
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes. Geneva, 18 November 1991
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions. Oslo, 14 June 1994
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals. Aarhus, 24 June 1998
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Aarhus, 24 June 1998
- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone. Gothenburg (Sweden), 30 November 1999
- Amendments to the Text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VIII to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Geneva, 18 December 2009
- Amendments to Annexes I and II to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Geneva, 18 December 2009
- Amendment of the text and annexes II to IX to the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone and the addition of new annexes X and XI. Geneva, 4 May 2012
- Amendments to the Text of and Annexes Other than III and VII to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals. Geneva, 13 December 2012
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Vienna, 22 March 1985
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Montreal, 16 September 1987
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. London, 29 June 1990
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Copenhagen, 25 November 1992
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted by the Ninth Meeting of the Parties. Montreal, 17 September 1997
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Beijing, 3 December 1999
- Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Kigali, 15 October 2016
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Basel, 22 March 1989
- Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Geneva, 22 September 1995
- Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Basel, 10 December 1999
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Espoo, Finland, 25 February 1991
- Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Sofia, 27 February 2001
- Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Kiev, 21 May 2003
- Amendment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. Cavtat, 4 June 2004
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. Helsinki, 17 March 1992
- Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. London, 17 June 1999
- Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. Madrid, 28 November 2003
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. New York, 9 May 1992
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Kyoto, 11 December 1997
- Amendment to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Nairobi, 17 November 2006
- Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. Doha, 8 December 2012
- Paris Agreement. Paris, 12 December 2015
Convention on Biological Diversity. Rio de Janeiro, 5 June 1992
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Montreal, 29 January 2000
- Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Nagoya, 29 October 2010
- Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Nagoya, 15 October 2010
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas. New York, 17 March 1992
Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas. Esbjerg, 22 August 2003
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Aarhus, Denmark, 25 June 1998
- Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Kiev, 21 May 2003
- Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. Almaty, 27 May 2005
Other Environment Conventions:
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa. Paris, 14 October 1994
- Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. Helsinki, 17 March 1992
- Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora. Lusaka, 8 September 1994
- Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. New York, 21 May 1997
- Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Rotterdam, 10 September 1998
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Stockholm, 22 May 2001
- Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. Kiev, 21 May 2003
- Minamata Convention on Mercury. Kumamoto, 10 October 2013
Air (3)
Flora and fauna (6)
General (2)
Manag. shared res., domains (3)
Waste (2)
Illicit Trade
General (3)
Information (2)
Works of art (3)
Intellectual Property
Copyright (6)
Designs and models (4)Integrated circuits (1)Label of origin (3)Patents (4)Radio/ Television (10)Reproduction Rights (phonograms…) (3)Trademarks (4)
International contracts
Conflict of laws (7)
General (1)
Uniform laws and rules (9)
Usages and standards (2)
International disputes
Pacific Settlement of International Disputes: Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. New York, 28 April 1949
Arbitration (11)
Commercial Arbitration:
1. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. New York, 10 June 1958
2. European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration. Geneva, 21 April 1961
3. United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration. New York, 10 December 2014
Judicial cooperation (3)
Recog., enf. of judgements (1)
State court jurisdiction (1)
State court procedure (3)
Investments
General (1)
Law of Treaties
General (3)
Products
Tropical wood (1)
Rules on Customs and Trade
ATA Carnets (1)
Customs classification (3)
Customs cooperation (17)
Note: see also Transport and Communications.
1. Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 16 June 1949
2. Additional Protocol to the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 16 June 1949
3. Additional Protocol to the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road, relating to the International Transport of goods by container under the T.I.R. Carnet Regime*. Geneva, 11 March 1950
4. Additional Protocol amending certain provisions of the Agreement providing for the provisional application of the Draft International Customs Conventions on Touring, on Commercial Road Vehicles and on the International Transport of Goods by Road*. Geneva, 28 November 1952
5. International Convention to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising Material. Geneva, 7 November 1952
6. Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring. New York, 4 June 1954
7. Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material. New York, 4 June 1954
8. Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles. New York, 4 June 1954
9. Customs Convention on Containers. Geneva, 18 May 1956
10. Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles. Geneva, 18 May 1956
11. Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats. Geneva, 18 May 1956
12. Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons. Geneva, 15 January 1958
13. Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 15 January 1959
14. European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport. Geneva, 9 December 1960
15. Customs Convention on Containers, 1972. Geneva, 2 December 1972
16. Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention). Geneva, 14 November 1975
17. International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods. Geneva, 21 October 1982
18. Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport. Geneva, 21 January 1994
Standardization (3)
Transport and Communications
Air (40)
General (1)
Maritime (4)
Multi modal (2)
Rail (5)
Road (5)
Space (1)
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