Protocol concerning co-operation in combating oil spills in the wider Caribbean region

General information

• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Kingdom part

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Netherlands (Saba)

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Aruba

• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 11-09-1986 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Bahamas

• Ratification: 26-07-2010 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-08-2010

Barbados

• Signature: 05-03-1984
• Ratification: 28-05-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Belize

• Ratification: 22-09-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-10-1999

Colombia

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 03-03-1988 (R)
• Entry into force: 02-04-1988

Costa Rica

• Ratification: 02-08-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-09-1991

Cuba

• Ratification: 15-09-1988 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-10-1988

Dominica

• Ratification: 05-10-1990 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-11-1990

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 24-11-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-12-1998

EU (European Union)

• Signature: 24-03-1983

Grenada

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 17-08-1987 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-09-1987

Guatemala

• Signature: 05-07-1983
• Ratification: 18-12-1989 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-01-1990

Guyana

• Ratification: 14-07-2010 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-08-2010

Honduras

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 13-09-2018 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-10-2018

Jamaica

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 01-04-1987 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-05-1987

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 16-04-1984 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Nicaragua

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 25-08-2005 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-09-2005

Panama

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 07-10-1987 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-11-1987

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Ratification: 15-06-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1999

Saint Lucia

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 30-11-1984 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Ratification: 11-07-1990 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-08-1990

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 24-01-1986 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

United Kingdom

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 07-03-1986 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986
• British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 21-11-1987Cayman Islands
  Entry into force: 11-10-1986Montserrat
  Entry into force: 20-11-1992Turks and Caicos Islands
  Entry into force: 11-10-1986

United States of America

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 31-10-1984 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986

Venezuela

• Signature: 05-03-1984
• Ratification: 18-12-1986 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-01-1987

France

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 13-11-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  13-11-1985
  Where the provisions of this Convention and its additional Protocol could be interpreted as impeding activities deemed necessary for national defence, the Government will not apply the said provisions to these activities. It will nonetheless, while carrying out these activities, ensure the adoption of appropriate measures that, to the fullest possible extent, take account of the objectives of the Convention and its additional Protocol.

Mexico

• Signature: 24-03-1983
• Ratification: 11-04-1985 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-10-1986
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  11-04-1985
  The applicable international rules and standards established by the competent international organisation referred to in articles 5 and 6 of the Convention will only be valid for the Government of Mexico in so far as this Government has accepted them either by vote or through the adoption of an international instrument on the subject.