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Treaty

First Additional Protocol to the General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union

Date modified Regarding
02-02-2026 Party

Party

Montenegro added

  • Ratification: 11-08-2025 (A)
  • Entry into force: 11-08-2025
  • Reservations / Declarations: No
  • Objections: No

19-12-2023 New treaty

General information

  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Netherlands (Bonaire)

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Netherlands (Saba)

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Aruba

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Curaçao

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Sint Maarten

  • Provisional application: 01-01-2018
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018

Party

Afghanistan

  • Ratification: 04-06-2018 (A)
  • Entry into force: 04-06-2018

Albania

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 15-08-2023 (R)
  • Entry into force: 15-08-2023

Algeria

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Angola

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Argentina

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Armenia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 24-07-2023 (R)
  • Entry into force: 24-07-2023

Australia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 24-10-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 24-10-2018

Bahrain

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Bangladesh

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Barbados

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 06-12-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 06-12-2018

Belarus

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 12-01-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 12-01-2018

Belgium

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 28-07-2022 (R)
  • Entry into force: 28-07-2022

Benin

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Bhutan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 06-08-2020 (R)
  • Entry into force: 06-08-2020

Brazil

  • Ratification: 11-12-2017 (A)
  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Brunei

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Bulgaria

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 29-03-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 29-03-2018

Burkina Faso

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Burundi

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Cambodia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Cameroon

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Canada

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 15-03-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 15-03-2019

Central African Republic

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Chad

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Chile

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

China

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Colombia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Comoros

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Costa Rica

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Croatia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 17-04-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-04-2019

Cuba

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Cyprus

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Czech Republic

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 09-08-2021 (R)
  • Entry into force: 09-08-2021

Denmark

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Djibouti

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Dominican Republic

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Ecuador

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Egypt

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Equatorial Guinea

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Estonia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Eswatini

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Ethiopia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Fiji

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Finland

  • Ratification: 15-03-2019 (A)
  • Entry into force: 15-03-2019

France

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Gambia, The

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Germany

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 03-08-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 03-08-2019

Ghana

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Greece

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Grenada

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Guatemala

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Guinea

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Holy See

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Hungary

  • Ratification: 01-06-2023 (A)
  • Entry into force: 01-06-2023

India

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 16-01-2020 (R)
  • Entry into force: 16-01-2020

Indonesia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 10-04-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 10-04-2019

Iran

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Iraq

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Israel

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 14-06-2023 (R)
  • Entry into force: 14-06-2023

Italy

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Japan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 01-06-2017 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Jordan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Kazakhstan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Kenya

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Kuwait

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Laos

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Latvia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 18-01-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 18-01-2019

Lebanon

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Liechtenstein

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 24-10-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 24-10-2018

Luxembourg

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Madagascar

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Malaysia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Maldives

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Mali

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Mauritania

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Mexico

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Moldova

  • Ratification: 11-05-2018 (A)
  • Entry into force: 11-05-2018

Monaco

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Morocco

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Mozambique

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Namibia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Nepal

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

New Zealand

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Niger

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

North Macedonia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Norway

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 01-11-2022 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-11-2022

Oman

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Pakistan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Panama

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Paraguay

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Poland

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Portugal

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Qatar

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Republic of Korea, the

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 09-01-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 09-01-2018

Republic of the Congo

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Romania

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Russian Federation

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 22-12-2017 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Saint Lucia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

San Marino

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Saudi Arabia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 12-03-2020 (R)
  • Entry into force: 12-03-2020

Senegal

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Serbia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 22-11-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 22-11-2018

Seychelles

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Sierra Leone

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Singapore

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 01-10-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-10-2018

Slovakia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 22-11-2017 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Slovenia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 15-07-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 15-07-2019

South Africa

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Spain

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 18-03-2021 (R)
  • Entry into force: 18-03-2021

Sri Lanka

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Sudan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Switzerland

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 17-10-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-10-2018

Tanzania

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Thailand

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Timor-Leste

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Togo

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Tonga

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Türkiye

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Uganda

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Ukraine

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

United Arab Emirates

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 18-10-2019 (R)
  • Entry into force: 18-10-2019

United Kingdom

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

United States of America

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 28-06-2022 (R)
  • Entry into force: 28-06-2022

Uruguay

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 02-08-2017 (R)
  • Entry into force: 01-01-2018

Uzbekistan

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 17-12-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-12-2018

Vietnam

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 03-12-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 03-12-2018

Yemen

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Zambia

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Zimbabwe

  • Signature: 06-10-2016

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

  • Signature: 06-10-2016
  • Ratification: 30-08-2018 (R)
  • Entry into force: 30-08-2018
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    30-08-2018
    The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares that the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union as well as the General Regulations of the Postal Union and the Universal Postal Convention will apply for the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), and for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, and that the Postal Payment Services Agreement will apply for the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), and Curaçao, in accordance with the provisions of the General Agreement on Trade in Services of the World Trade Organization.