Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972

Party

Somalia added

• Ratification: 26-06-2026 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-06-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Timor-Leste added

• Ratification: 12-10-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-10-2022
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

General information

• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

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: 01-01-1986

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Albania

• Ratification: 15-04-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-04-2004

Algeria

• Ratification: 04-10-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Angola

• Ratification: 03-10-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-10-1991

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 29-01-1988 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-01-1988

Australia

• Ratification: 29-02-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-02-1980

Austria

• Ratification: 08-06-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 01-07-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-07-1997

Bahamas

• Ratification: 22-07-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Bahrain

• Ratification: 21-10-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-10-1985

Bangladesh

• Ratification: 10-05-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-05-1978

Barbados

• Ratification: 12-01-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-01-1983

Belarus

• Ratification: 07-01-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-01-1994

Belgium

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 22-12-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Belize

• Ratification: 09-04-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-04-1991

Benin

• Ratification: 01-11-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-11-1985

Bolivia

• Ratification: 04-06-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-06-1999

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Ratification: 22-09-2020 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-09-2020

Brazil

• Signature: 23-05-1973
• Ratification: 26-11-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Brunei

• Ratification: 05-02-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-02-1987

Bulgaria

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 29-04-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Cabo Verde

• Ratification: 28-04-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Cambodia

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 28-11-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-11-1994

Cameroon

• Ratification: 14-05-1984 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-05-1984

Chile

• Ratification: 02-08-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-08-1977

China

• Ratification: 07-01-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-01-1980
• Hong Kong SAR
  Entry into force: 01-07-1997Macao SAR
  Entry into force: 20-12-1999

Colombia

• Ratification: 27-07-1981 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-07-1981

Comoros

• Ratification: 22-11-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-11-2000

Cook Islands

• Ratification: 21-12-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-12-2001

Côte d'Ivoire

• Ratification: 05-10-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-10-1987

Croatia

• Ratification: 27-07-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 08-10-1991

Cyprus

• Ratification: 04-11-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-11-1980

Czech Republic

• Ratification: 19-10-1993 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993

Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)

• Ratification: 07-04-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Ratification: 01-05-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-05-1985

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 10-02-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Denmark

• Signature: 17-11-1972
• Ratification: 24-01-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Djibouti

• Ratification: 01-03-1984 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-03-1984

Dominica

• Ratification: 21-06-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-06-2000

Dominican Republic

• Ratification: 15-03-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-03-1978

Ecuador

• Ratification: 08-12-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-12-1977

Egypt

• Ratification: 19-02-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-02-1987

El Salvador

• Ratification: 17-06-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-06-1997

Equatorial Guinea

• Ratification: 24-04-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-04-1996

Eritrea

• Ratification: 22-04-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-04-1996

Estonia

• Ratification: 16-12-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-12-1991

Ethiopia

• Ratification: 18-07-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-07-1985

Fiji

• Ratification: 04-03-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-03-1983

Finland

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 16-02-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

France

• Signature: 09-11-1972
• Ratification: 10-05-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Gabon

• Ratification: 21-01-1982 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-01-1982

Gambia, The

• Ratification: 01-11-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-11-1991

Georgia

• Ratification: 19-04-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-04-1994

Germany

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 14-07-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Ghana

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 07-12-1973 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Greece

• Signature: 17-05-1973
• Ratification: 17-12-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Grenada

• Ratification: 28-06-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-06-2004

Guatemala

• Ratification: 15-12-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1993

Guinea

• Ratification: 19-01-1981 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-01-1981

Guinea-Bissau

• Ratification: 12-05-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-05-2022

Guyana

• Ratification: 10-12-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-12-1997

Honduras

• Ratification: 24-09-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-09-1985

Iceland

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 21-04-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

India

• Ratification: 30-05-1973 (S)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Indonesia

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 13-11-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 13-11-1979

Iran

• Ratification: 17-01-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-01-1989

Iraq

• Ratification: 04-01-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-01-2018

Ireland

• Signature: 30-05-1973
• Ratification: 19-12-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 19-12-1977

Israel

• Ratification: 24-06-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Italy

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 11-01-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-01-1979

Jamaica

• Ratification: 30-03-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-03-1979

Japan

• Ratification: 21-06-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Jordan

• Ratification: 05-10-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-10-2000

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 07-03-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-03-1994

Kenya

• Ratification: 15-12-1992 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1992

Kiribati

• Ratification: 05-02-2007 (A)
• Provisional application: 12-07-1979
• Entry into force: 05-02-2007

Latvia

• Ratification: 20-05-1992 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-05-1992

Lebanon

• Ratification: 10-11-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-11-2008

Liberia

• Ratification: 28-12-1973 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Libya

• Ratification: 28-04-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-04-2005

Lithuania

• Ratification: 04-12-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-12-1991

Luxembourg

• Ratification: 14-02-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-02-1991

Madagascar

• Ratification: 27-07-2017 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-07-2017

Malaysia

• Ratification: 23-12-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-12-1980

Maldives

• Ratification: 14-01-1981 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-01-1981

Malta

• Ratification: 20-03-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-03-1989

Marshall Islands

• Ratification: 26-04-1988 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-04-1988

Mauritania

• Ratification: 17-11-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-11-1995

Mauritius

• Ratification: 26-05-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-05-1989

Mexico

• Ratification: 08-04-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Moldova

• Ratification: 11-10-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-10-2005

Monaco

• Ratification: 18-01-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Mongolia

• Ratification: 26-06-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-06-2002

Montenegro

• Ratification: 03-06-2006 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-06-2006

Morocco

• Ratification: 27-04-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Mozambique

• Ratification: 30-10-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-10-1991

Myanmar

• Ratification: 11-11-1987 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-11-1987

Namibia

• Ratification: 27-11-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-11-2000

Nauru

• Ratification: 18-06-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-06-2018

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Ratification: 04-02-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

New Zealand

• Signature: 01-06-1973
• Ratification: 26-11-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 02-12-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-12-1999

Nigeria

• Ratification: 17-01-1974 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Niue

• Ratification: 18-05-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-05-2012

Norway

• Signature: 20-11-1972
• Ratification: 13-08-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Oman

• Ratification: 25-04-1985 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-04-1985

Pakistan

• Ratification: 14-12-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-12-1977

Palau

• Ratification: 29-09-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-09-2011

Panama

• Ratification: 14-03-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-03-1979

Papua New Guinea

• Ratification: 18-05-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Peru

• Ratification: 09-01-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-01-1980

Philippines

• Ratification: 10-06-2013 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-06-2013

Poland

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 14-12-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Portugal

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 17-10-1978 (R)
• Entry into force: 17-10-1978
• Macao (<20-12-1999)
  Entry into force: 22-03-1999
  Termination: 20-12-1999

Qatar

• Ratification: 31-01-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 31-01-1980

Republic of Korea, the

• Signature: 23-10-1972
• Ratification: 29-07-1977 (R)
• Entry into force: 29-07-1977

Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 07-01-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-01-1993

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Ratification: 11-06-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-06-2004

Saint Lucia

• Ratification: 20-05-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-05-2004

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Ratification: 28-10-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-10-1983

Samoa

• Ratification: 23-10-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 23-10-1979

San Marino

• Ratification: 19-04-2021 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-04-2021

São Tomé e Principe

• Ratification: 29-10-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-10-1998

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 03-07-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-07-1978

Senegal

• Ratification: 27-10-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-10-1978

Serbia

• Ratification: 27-04-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 27-04-1992

Seychelles

• Ratification: 22-08-1988 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-08-1988

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 20-07-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-07-2001

Singapore

• Ratification: 29-04-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Slovenia

• Ratification: 12-11-1992 (Su)
• Entry into force: 25-06-1991

Solomon Islands

• Ratification: 12-03-1982 (Su)
• Entry into force: 07-07-1978

South Africa

• Ratification: 20-12-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Spain

• Ratification: 31-05-1974 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Sri Lanka

• Ratification: 04-01-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-01-1978

Sudan

• Ratification: 11-03-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-03-2003

Sweden

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 28-04-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Switzerland

• Signature: 24-01-1973
• Ratification: 30-12-1975 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Tanzania

• Ratification: 16-05-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-05-2006

Thailand

• Ratification: 06-08-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-08-1979

Togo

• Ratification: 19-07-1989 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-07-1989

Tonga

• Ratification: 12-04-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 15-02-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-02-1979

Tunisia

• Ratification: 01-02-1978 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-02-1978

Türkiye

• Ratification: 16-05-1980 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-05-1980

Turkmenistan

• Ratification: 04-02-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-02-2009

Tuvalu

• Ratification: 22-08-1985 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-10-1978

Uganda

• Ratification: 03-04-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-04-2019

Ukraine

• Ratification: 05-03-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-03-1993

United Arab Emirates

• Ratification: 15-12-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-12-1983

United Kingdom

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 28-06-1974 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Belize (< 21-09-1981)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 21-09-1981Bermuda
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Cayman Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Falkland Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Guernsey
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Hong Kong (< 01-07-1997)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 01-07-1997Jersey
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Kiribati (< 12-07-1979)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 12-07-1979Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Montserrat
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Pitcairn Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Solomon Islands (< 07-07-1978)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 07-07-1978Turks and Caicos Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Tuvalu (< 01-10-1978)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 01-10-1978

United States of America

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 23-11-1976 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• American Samoa
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Baker Island
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Guam
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Howland Island
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Jarvis Island
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Johnston Atoll
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Kingman Reef
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Midway Atoll
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Navassa Island
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Palmyra Atoll
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Panama Canal Zone (< 01-10-1979)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 01-10-1979Puerto Rico
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (< 22-12-1990)
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977
  Termination: 22-12-1990US Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977Wake Island
  Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Uruguay

• Ratification: 15-08-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-08-1979

Vanuatu

• Ratification: 28-07-1982 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-07-1982

Venezuela

• Ratification: 03-08-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-08-1983

Vietnam

• Ratification: 18-12-1990 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-12-1990

Yemen

• Ratification: 06-03-1979 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-03-1979

Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)

• Ratification: 23-03-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977

Argentina

• Ratification: 11-05-1977 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: Yes

• reservation
  12-08-1986
  [...] the Argentine Government rejects the extension made by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the application to the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands of the [...] Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended [...] and reaffrims the right of sovereignty of the Argentine Republic over those archipelagos which form part of its national territory. The General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted resolutions 2065 (XX), 3160 (XXVIII), 31/49, 37/9, 38/12 and 39/6 which recognize the existence of a sovereignty dispute relating to the question of the Malvinas Islands, urging the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations in order to find, as sson as possible, a peaceful and definitive solution to the dispute through the good offices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations who is requested to inform the General Assembly on the progress made. Similarly, the General Assembly of the United Nations at its fortieth session adopted resolution 40/21 of 27 November 1985 which again urges both parties to resume the said negotiations.

  objection to reservation

  Objection United Kingdom, 03-02-1987

  The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland cannot accept the statement made by the Argentine Republic as regards the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have no doubt as to the United Kingdom sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and, accordingly, their right to extend the application of the Treaties to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Equally, while noting the Argentine reference to the provisions of Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty signed at Washington on 1 December 1959, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have no doubt as to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the British Antarctic Territory, and to the right to extend the application of the treaties in question to that Territory.

Canada

• Ratification: 07-03-1975 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  07-03-1975
  The Government of Canada considers that the provisions of rule 10, 'Traffic Separation Schemes', do not provide for compulsory use of the adopted schemes. The Government of Canada considers that the compulsory routeing of ships is necessary to avoid collisions between ships and the resulting damage to the marine environment. The Government of Canada notes that there are no exceptions to rule 10(b) (c) and (h) for vessels engaged in fishing with nets, lines, trawls, trolling lines or other apparatus, or for vessels engaged in special operations such as survey, cable, buoy, pipeline or salvage operations, and that the exceptions in rule 10(e) are not broad enough to adequately provide for vessels engaged in special operations. The Government of Canada considers that the practical application of rule 10 would be complicated without realistic exceptions for fishing vessels and for vessels engaged in special operations. The Government of Canada therefore does not consider that it is prohibited from providing for the compulsory use of traffic separation schemes or providing for such exceptions to rule 10(b), (c), (e) and (h).

Cuba

• Ratification: 07-11-1983 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-11-1983
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  07-11-1983
  The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers that the provisions of article II of the Convention, notwithstanding the fact that it deals with matters of interest for all States, are discriminatory in nature in that they withhold from a number of States the right of signature and accession, which is contrary to the principle of universality. The Government of the Republic of Cuba considers that the application of the provisions contained in article III of the Convention is at variance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples contained in resolution 1514(XV) adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 14 December 1960, which proclaims the necessity of putting a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Hungary

• Ratification: 15-12-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  15-12-1976
  The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic declares that article II, paragraph (2) of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea of 1972, which does not allow some States to become a Party to the Convention, is of discriminative nature. The Convention regulates such questions which concern all States and, therefore, under the principle of sovereign equality of States, it should be open for all States without any restriction and discrimination. The Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's Republic also declares that article III of the Convention is at variance with the UN General Assembly's resolution No. 1514(XV) of 14 December 1960 on the granting of independence to the colonial countries and peoples, which declared the necessity of the unconditional elimination of all forms of colonialism.

Kuwait

• Signature: 20-10-1972
• Ratification: 04-06-1979 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-06-1979
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: Yes

• reservation
  04-06-1979
  It is understood that the ratification of the State of Kuwait of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea and Regulations attached thereto done at London, on the 20th of October, 1972, does not in any way mean recognition of Israel by the State of Kuwait. Furthermore, no treaty relations will arise between the State of Kuwait and Israel.

  objection to reservation

  Objection Israel, 03-12-1979

  The instrument of acceptance deposited by the Government of the State of Kuwait was accompanied by a statement of a political character in respect of Israel. In the view of the Government of Israel, this Convention is not the proper place for making such political pronouncements. Moreover, the said declaration cannot in any way affect whatever obligations are binding upon Kuwait under general international law or under particular conventions. The Government of Israel will, so far as concerns the substance of the matter, adopt towards the Government of the State of Kuwait an attitude of complete reciprocity.

Romania

• Ratification: 27-03-1975 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  27-03-1975
  (a) The Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Romania considers that the provisions of rule 18(2) of the Convention are not in accord with the principle whereby international treaties, the objectives and aims of which are of concern to the international community as a whole, should be open to participation by all States. (b) The Council of State of the Socialist Republic of Romania considers that the maintenance in a state of dependence of certain territories, to which the provisions of article III of the Convention refer, is not in accord with the Charter of the United Nations and the documents adopted by the United Nations concerning the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, including the Declaration on the principles of international law affecting friendly relations and co-operation between States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, unanimously adopted by the UN General Assembly resolution 2625(XXV) of 1970, which solemnly proclaims the right of States to encourage achievement of the principle of the equality of rights of peoples and their right to take their own decisions, with a view to putting a swift end to colonialism.

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 09-11-1973 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  09-11-1973
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics declares that article II, paragraph 2, of the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, under which certain States are precluded from becoming parties to that Convention, is of a discriminatory character, and considers that, in accordance with the principle of the sovereign equality of States, the Convention should be open to participation by all interested States without discrimination or restriction. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics also deems it necessary to declare that the provisions of article III of the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, concerning the extension of its application to a territory for whose international relations a Contracting Party is responsible, are out-dated and contrary to the Declaration of the General Assembly of the United Nations on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (resolution 1514(XV) of 14 December 1960), which proclaimed the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Slovakia

• Ratification: 30-01-1995 (Su)
• Entry into force: 01-01-1993
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  30-01-1995
  Slovakia considers itself bound by this treaty, including reservations and declarations made earlier by the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic: [...] that the provision of article II, paragraph 2 of the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea - COLREG (London 1972) prevents some States from becoming parties to the Convention. It is therefore of the opinion that the Convention should be opened to all the interested countries in keeping with the principle of equal sovereignty of States. The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic deems it also necessary to declare that the provision of article III of the Convention, dealing with the extension of its validity to territories for whose international relations the party to the Convention is responsible, is at variance with the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolution 1514(XV) of 14 December 1960) which proclaimed the necessity of putting a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations.

Syria

• Ratification: 16-02-1976 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-07-1977
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  16-02-1976
  [...] the acceptance of the Syrian Arab Republic to the regulations stipulated in the said Convention and its ratification do not imply in any way the recognition in Israel and do not lead to its engagement with it in any dealings that may be regulated by the said Convention.