Amendment to Article 6 of the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972

Party

Japan added

• Ratification: 16-12-2025 (R)
• Provisional application: 19-01-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

France added

• Ratification: 27-10-2025 (R)
• Provisional application: 27-10-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Finland modified

• Provisional application: 10-06-2025

Party

Spain added

• Ratification: 25-06-2025 (R)
• Provisional application: 25-06-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Croatia added

• Ratification: 13-05-2025 (R)
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Australia added

• Ratification: 28-10-2024 (R)
• Provisional application: 07-11-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Switzerland added

• Ratification: 03-01-2024 (R)
• Provisional application: 01-01-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Provisional application: 04-11-2020

Netherlands (Bonaire)

• Provisional application: 04-11-2020

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

• Provisional application: 04-11-2020

Netherlands (Saba)

• Provisional application: 04-11-2020

Party

Belgium

• Ratification: 13-09-2022 (R)
• Provisional application: 13-09-2022

Estonia

• Ratification: 07-02-2019 (R)

Finland

• Ratification: 09-10-2017 (R)

Iran

• Ratification: 23-11-2016 (R)

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Ratification: 13-11-2014 (R)
• Provisional application: 04-11-2020

Norway

• Ratification: 29-07-2011 (R)
• Provisional application: 16-06-2020

Republic of Korea, the

• Ratification: 12-04-2022 (R)
• Provisional application: 12-04-2022

Sweden

• Ratification: 23-11-2020 (R)
• Provisional application: 29-09-2022

Denmark

• Ratification: 27-01-2022 (R)
• Provisional application: 01-01-2022
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  27-01-2022
  […] The acceptance of the amendment to Article 6 of the 1996 Protocol and its provisional application shall not apply to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

United Kingdom

• Ratification: 29-11-2011 (R)
• Provisional application: 01-09-2022
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No
• BermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsFalkland IslandsGuernseyJerseyMan, Isle ofMontserratSaint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

• reservation
  01-09-2022
  [...] The provisional application concerns the United Kingdom and the following territories: the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man.