STATUS REPORT

CUSTOMS CONVENTION ON THE TEMPORARY IMPORTATION FOR PRIVATE USE OF AIRCRAFT AND PLEASURE BOATS

(Geneva, 18/05/1956)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 01 JANUARY 1959

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 5/09/2005
Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
/
Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Solomon Islands   3 Sep 1981 d    
 
"It will involve amendment to Customs and Tariff Law which will be made at earliest opportunity. Facilities as provided by the Convention will be granted by administrative action in respect of any importation that may be made between the date of extension of the Convention to Cyprus and the amendment of the law."        
1. On depositing the instrument of ratification, the Government of Switzerland declared that the provisions of the Convention will also apply to the Principality of Liechtenstein, so long as it is linked to Switzerland by a customs union treaty        
2. The Secretary-General, received on 6 and 10 June 1997 communications regarding the status of Hong Kong from China and the United Kingdom of Great Brtiain and Northern Ireland. Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention will continue to apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region        
3. With a reservation that the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 38 of the Convention relating to compulsory arbitration        
4. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Convention on 29 January 1960        
5. The signature was affixed for the Kingdom in Europe. The instrument of ratification provides that the Convention was ratified for the Kingdom in Europe, for Surinam, for the Netherlands Antilles and Netherlands New Guinea        
6. The Government of Spain had deposited an instrument of accession on 29 July 1958. On 2 October 1958, the Government of Spain withdrew the said instrument and deposited a new instrument of accession containing a declaration, made under paragraph 1 of article 39 of the Convention, that Spain does not consider itself bound by article 38 of the Convention        
7. Application to Cyprus with the following note        
Algeria [3   31 Oct 1963 a    
Austria 18 May 1956 13 Nov 1957 Rt    
Belgium 18 May 1956 18 Feb 1963 Rt    
Croatia [4   31 Aug 1994 d    
Denmark   08 Jan 1959 a    
Finland   30 Sep 1965 a    
France 18 May 1956 20 May 1959 Rt    
Germany 18 May 1956 23 Oct 1961 Rt    
Hungary 18 May 1956 23 Jul 1957 Rt    
Italy 18 May 1956 29 Mar 1962 Rt    
Jamaica   11 Nov 1963 d    
Luxembourg 18 May 1958 13 Oct 1964 Rt    
Malta   3 May 1966 d    
Mauritius   18 Jul 1969 d    
Netherlands [5 18 May 1956 27 Jul 1960 Rt    
Note        
Portugal   16 Feb 1965 a    
Serbia and Montenegro [4   12 Mar 2001 d    
Sierra Leone   13 Mar 1962 d    
Slovenia [4   3 Nov 1992 d    
Spain [6   2 Oct 1958 a    
Sweden 18 May 1956 16 Jan 1958 Rt    
Switzerland [1 18 May 1956 7 Jul 1960 Rt    
Trinidad and Tobago   11 Apr 1966 d    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [2] [7 18 May 1956 3 Oct 1958 Rt    
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