Convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of 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: 30-03-1985 (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: 24-03-1983
• 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
  In approving the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region and its Protocol Concerning Co-operation and Development in Combating Oil Spills, the French Government declares: ‘In cases where the provisions of the current Convention and its additional Protocol may be interpreted as posing obstacles to activities that the French Government considers necessary to national defence, it will not apply those provisions to its activities. It will nonetheless ensure through the adoption of suitable measures that every possible care will be taken in the conduct of such activities to take account of the objectives of the Convention and of 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.