Treaty

Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Antigua and Barbuda 25-10-1988 (Su) 01-11-1981
Austria 18-07-1930 (R) 18-10-1930
Bahamas 16-02-1977 (Su) 10-07-1973
Bangladesh 27-06-1979 27-06-1979 (R) 27-09-1979
Belgium 26-09-1927 27-04-1929 (R) 27-07-1929
Bolivia 26-09-1927
Croatia 26-07-1993 (Su) 08-10-1991
Czech Republic 09-02-1996 (Su) 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993) 18-09-1931 (R) 18-12-1931
Denmark 25-04-1929 (R) 25-07-1929
Estonia 16-05-1929 (R) 16-08-1929
Finland 30-07-1931 (R) 30-10-1931
France 13-05-1931 (R) 13-08-1931
Germany 01-09-1930 (R) 01-12-1930
Greece 15-01-1932 (R) 15-04-1932
India 23-10-1937 (R) 23-01-1938
Ireland 29-11-1956 10-06-1957 (R) 10-09-1957
Israel 24-10-1951 27-02-1952 (R) 27-05-1952
Italy 12-11-1930 (R) 12-02-1931
Japan 04-02-1952 11-07-1952 (R) 11-10-1952
Luxembourg 15-09-1930 (R) 15-12-1930
Malta 16-08-1966 (Su) 21-09-1964
Mauritius 18-07-1969 (Su) 12-03-1968
Montenegro 23-10-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 07-06-1928 12-08-1931 (R) 12-11-1931
New Zealand 09-04-1929 (R) 25-07-1929
Nicaragua 26-09-1927
North Macedonia 10-03-1994 (Su) 17-11-1991
Peru 26-09-1927
Portugal 10-12-1930 (R) 10-03-1931
Republic of Korea, the 04-03-1968
Romania 22-06-1931 (R) 22-09-1931
Serbia 12-03-2001 (Su) 27-04-1992
Slovakia 28-05-1993 (Su) 01-01-1993
Spain 15-01-1930 (R) 15-04-1930
Sweden 08-08-1929 (R) 08-11-1929
Switzerland 25-09-1930 (R) 25-12-1930
Thailand 07-07-1931 (R) 07-10-1931
Uganda 05-05-1965
United Kingdom 02-07-1930 (R) 02-10-1930
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991) 13-03-1959 13-03-1959 (R) 13-06-1959

Extensions

Belgium

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Belgian Congo (<30-06-1960) 05-09-1930 30-06-1960
Ruanda-Urundi ( <01-07-1962) 05-09-1930 01-07-1962

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Anguilla 16-03-1986
Antigua and Barbuda (< 01-11-1981) 09-06-1932 01-11-1981
Bahamas (< 10-07-1973) 26-08-1931 10-07-1973
Belize (< 21-09-1981) 26-08-1931 21-09-1981
British Virgin Islands 09-06-1932
Cayman Islands 26-08-1931
Dominica (< 03-11-1978) 09-06-1932 03-11-1978
Falkland Islands 26-08-1931
Ghana (< 06-03-1957) 26-08-1931 06-03-1957
Gibraltar 26-08-1931
Grenada (< 07-02-1974) 26-08-1931 07-02-1974
Guiana (< 26-05-1966) 26-08-1931 26-05-1966
Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997) 10-05-1965 01-07-1997
Jamaica (< 06-08-1962) 26-08-1931 06-08-1962
Kenya (< 12-12-1963) 26-08-1931 12-12-1963
Malta (< 21-09-1964) 11-01-1935 21-09-1964
Mauritius (< 12-03-1968) 13-10-1931 12-03-1968
Montserrat 09-06-1932
Myanmar (< 04-01-1948) 19-01-1939 04-01-1948
Newfoundland (< 01-04-1949) 07-04-1931 01-04-1949
Palestine (< 29-11-1947) 26-08-1931 29-11-1947
Saint Kitts and Nevis (< 19-11-1983) 09-06-1932 19-11-1983
Saint Lucia (< 22-02-1979) 26-08-1931 22-02-1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (<27-10-1979) 26-08-1931 27-10-1979
Tanganyika (< 09-12-1961) 26-08-1931 09-12-1961
Turks and Caicos Islands 26-08-1931
Uganda (< 09-10-1962) 26-08-1931 09-10-1962
Zambia (< 01-01-1964) 13-10-1931 01-01-1964
Zanzibar (< 26-04-1964) 26-08-1931 26-04-1964

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Belgium Yes No
Denmark Yes No
Estonia Yes No
France Yes No
Greece Yes No
India Yes No
Luxembourg Yes No
Portugal Yes No
Romania Yes No
Slovakia Yes No

Belgium

27-04-1929

Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Denmark

25-04-1929

Under Danish law, arbitral awards made by an Arbitral Tribunal do not immediately become operative; it is necessary in each case, in order to make an award operative, to apply to the ordinary Courts of Law. In the course of the proceedings, however, the arbitral award will generally be accepted by such courts without further examination as a basis of the final judgments in the affair.

Estonia

16-05-1929

Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

France

13-05-1929

Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Greece

15-01-1930

The Hellenic Government reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

India

23-10-1937

India reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Luxembourg

15-09-1930

Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Portugal

10-12-1930

The Portuguese Government reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Romania

22-06-1931

Reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned in Article 1 to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law.

Slovakia

23-05-1993

[...] decided on to adhere to the reservation made by the Former Czechoslovak Republic:
The Czechoslovak Republic does not intend to invalidate in any way the bilateral treaties concluded by it with various States, which regulate the questions referred to in the present Convention by provisions going beyond the provisions of the Convention.

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