This Order certifies which States and territories are parties to the Convention listed in the Schedule.
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 (Cap. 462, sections 4(1) and 8(2)) [10 April 1985](Format changes—E.R. 3 of 2021) 1. This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 (Words omitted as spent—E.R. 3 of 2021). 2. It is hereby certified that the contracting States to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924(a), as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968(b), and the territories in respect of which they are respectively contracting States are as listed in the Schedule to this Order. (a) Cmd. 3806 (b) Cmnd. 6944. 3. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 3 of 2021) Schedule [para. 2] Contracting States Territories in respect of which they are respectively parties Dates on which the Convention as amended came into force The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain andNorthern Ireland 23rd June 1977 The Isle of Man 23rd June 1977 Bermuda 1st February 1981 British Antarctic Territory 20th January 1984 British Virgin Islands 20th January 1984 Cayman Islands 20th January 1984 Falkland Islands 20th January 1984 Falkland Islands Dependencies 20th January 1984 Gibraltar 22nd December 1977 Montserrat 20th January 1984 Truks and Caicos Islands 20th January 1984 The Kingdom of Belgium Belgium 6th December 1978 The People’s Republic of China(64 of 1999 s. 3) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1st July 1997 The Kingdom of Denmark Denmark 23rd June 1977 The Republic of Ecuador Ecuador 23rd June 1977 The Arab Republic of Egypt Egypt 30th April 1983 The Republic of Finland Finland 1st March 1985 The French Republic France 23rd June 1977 The German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic 14th May 1979 The Lebanon Republic Lebanon 23rd June 1977 The Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe 26th July 1982 The Kingdom of Norway Norway 23rd June 1977 The Polish People’s Republic Poland 12th May 1980 The Republic of Singapore Singapore 23rd June 1977 Spain Spain 14th February 1984 The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 21st January 1982 The Kingdom of Sweden Sweden 23rd June 1977 The Swiss Confederation Switzerland 23rd June 1977 The Syrian Arab Republic Syria 23rd June 1977 The Kingdom of Tonga Tonga 13th September 1978