Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at
Paris on 4 May 1910, amended by the Protocol, signed at Lake Success, New York, 4
May 1949
Treaty data
Treaty number
003367
Date of conclusion
04-05-1949
Place of conclusion
New York
Provisional application
Entry into force
01-05-1950
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Bulletin of Acts and Decrees
Parliamentary paper
Approval act
1912, 132
Consolidated text
0005842
Comment
The Agreement is in force for the entire Kingdom as of 26-09-1950.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijksdeel
Provisional application
Entry into force
Retroactive effect
Termination
Netherlands (in Europe)
26-09-1950
Netherlands (Bonaire)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
10-10-2010
Aruba
01-01-1986
Curaçao
10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
10-10-2010
PartiesTooltip Parties with a link have a reservation.
Party
Signature
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Australia
08-12-1949
Austria
04-08-1950
Belarus
08-09-1998 (Su)
25-08-1991
Belgium
13-10-1952
Cambodia
30-03-1959 (A)
30-09-1959
Canada
04-05-1949
China
Cuba
02-12-1983
Cyprus
16-05-1963 (Su)
16-08-1960
Czech Republic
30-12-1994 (Su)
01-01-1993
Democratic Republic of the Congo
31-05-1962 (Su)
30-06-1960
Denmark
01-03-1950
Egypt
16-09-1949
Fiji
01-11-1971
Finland
31-10-1949
France
05-05-1949
Ghana
07-04-1958 (Su)
06-03-1957
Haïti
26-08-1953 (A)
26-02-1954
Iceland
25-10-1950
India
28-12-1949
Iran
30-12-1959
Iraq
14-09-1950
Ireland
28-02-1952
Italy
13-11-1952
Jamaica
30-07-1964 (A)
06-08-1962
Jordan
11-05-1959 (A)
11-11-1959
Lesotho
28-11-1975 (Su)
04-10-1966
Liberia
16-09-2005 (A)
16-03-2006
Luxembourg
14-03-1955
Madagascar
10-04-1963 (A)
10-10-1963
Malawi
22-07-1965 (A)
22-01-1966
Malaysia
31-08-1957 (Su)
31-08-1957
Malta
24-03-1967 (Su)
21-09-1964
Mauritius
18-07-1969 (Su)
12-03-1968
Mexico
22-07-1952
Myanmar
13-05-1949 (A)
13-05-1949
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
26-09-1950
New Zealand
14-10-1950
Nigeria
26-06-1961 (Su)
01-10-1960
Norway
04-05-1949
Pakistan
04-05-1951
Romania
02-11-1950
Russian Federation
14-05-1949
Serbia
12-03-2001 (Su)
27-04-1992
Sierra Leone
13-03-1962 (Su)
27-04-1961
Slovakia
28-05-1993 (Su)
01-01-1993
Solomon Islands
03-09-1981 (Su)
07-07-1978
South Africa
01-09-1950
Sri Lanka
14-07-1949
Switzerland
23-09-1949
Tanzania
28-11-1962 (A)
28-11-1962
Trinidad and Tobago
11-04-1966 (Su)
31-08-1962
Türkiye
13-09-1950
United Kingdom
04-05-1949
United States of America
14-08-1950
Zambia
01-11-1974 (Su)
24-10-1964
Extensions
China
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Hong Kong SAR
01-07-1997