Treaty

International Convention on Oil Pollution preparedness, response and co-operation, 1990

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=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
Albania 02-01-2008 (A) 02-04-2008
Algeria 08-03-2005 (A) 08-06-2005
Angola 04-10-2001 (A) 04-01-2002
Antigua and Barbuda 05-01-1999 (A) 05-04-1999
Argentina 30-11-1990 13-07-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Australia 06-07-1992 (A) 13-05-1995
Azerbaijan 16-07-2004 (A) 16-10-2004
Bahamas 04-10-2001 (A) 04-01-2002
Bahrain 09-03-2016 (A) 09-06-2016
Bangladesh 23-07-2004 (A) 23-10-2004
Barbados 08-03-2023 (A) 08-06-2023
Belgium 19-04-2017 (A) 19-07-2017
Benin 05-02-2010 (A) 05-05-2010
Brazil 30-11-1990 21-07-1998 (R) 21-10-1998
Bulgaria 05-04-2001 (A) 05-07-2001
Cabo Verde 04-07-2003 (A) 04-10-2003
Cameroon 18-09-2009 (A) 18-12-2009
Canada 07-03-1994 (A) 13-05-1995
Chile 15-10-1997 (A) 15-01-1998
China 30-03-1998 (A) 30-06-1998
Colombia 11-06-2008 (A) 11-09-2008
Comoros 05-01-2000 (A) 05-04-2000
Côte d'Ivoire 30-11-1990 08-07-2013 (R) 08-10-2013
Croatia 12-01-1998 (A) 12-04-1998
Cuba 10-04-2008 (A) 10-07-2008
Denmark 30-11-1990 22-10-1996 (R) 22-01-1997
Djibouti 19-01-1998 (A) 19-04-1998
Dominica 31-08-2001 (A) 30-11-2001
Ecuador 30-11-1990 29-01-2002 (R) 29-04-2002
Egypt 30-11-1990 29-06-1992 (R) 13-05-1995
El Salvador 09-10-1995 (A) 09-01-1996
Equatorial Guinea 03-12-2025 (A) 03-03-2026
Estonia 16-05-2008 (A) 16-08-2008
Finland 23-04-1991 21-07-1993 (R) 13-05-1995
France 13-09-1991 06-11-1992 (R) 13-05-1995
Gabon 12-04-2005 (A) 12-07-2005
Gambia, The 01-11-1991 30-10-2019 (R) 30-01-2020
Georgia 20-02-1996 (A) 20-05-1996
Germany 30-11-1990 15-02-1995 (R) 15-05-1995
Ghana 30-11-1990 02-06-2010 (R) 02-09-2010
Greece 30-11-1990 07-03-1995 (R) 07-06-1995
Guinea 30-11-1990 02-10-2002 (R) 02-01-2003
Guyana 10-12-1997 (A) 10-03-1998
Honduras 16-11-2016 (A) 16-02-2017
Iceland 30-11-1990 21-06-1993 (R) 13-05-1995
India 17-11-1997 (A) 17-02-1998
Indonesia 13-12-2022 (A) 13-03-2023
Iran 25-02-1998 (A) 25-05-1998
Iraq 19-07-2021 (A) 19-10-2021
Ireland 26-04-2001 (A) 26-07-2001
Israel 27-11-1991 24-03-1999 (R) 24-06-1999
Italy 25-11-1991 02-03-1999 (R) 02-06-1999
Jamaica 08-09-2000 (A) 08-12-2000
Japan 17-10-1995 (A) 17-01-1996
Jordan 14-04-2004 (A) 14-07-2004
Kenya 21-07-1999 (A) 21-10-1999
Latvia 30-11-2001 (A) 28-02-2002
Lebanon 30-11-1990 30-03-2005 (R) 30-06-2005
Liberia 05-10-1995 (A) 05-01-1996
Libya 18-06-2004 (A) 18-09-2004
Lithuania 23-12-2002 (A) 23-03-2003
Madagascar 20-05-2002 (A) 20-08-2002
Malaysia 30-07-1997 (A) 30-10-1997
Malta 20-06-1991 21-01-2003 (R) 21-04-2003
Marshall Islands 16-10-1995 (A) 16-01-1996
Mauritania 22-11-1999 (A) 22-02-2000
Mauritius 02-12-1999 (A) 02-03-2000
Mexico 13-05-1994 (A) 13-05-1995
Monaco 19-10-1999 (A) 19-01-2000
Montenegro 12-07-2021 (A) 12-10-2021
Morocco 20-02-1991 29-04-2003 (R) 29-07-2003
Mozambique 09-11-2005 (A) 10-02-2006
Myanmar 15-12-2016 (A) 15-03-2017
Namibia 18-06-2007 (A) 18-09-2007
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 21-11-1991 01-12-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
New Zealand 02-07-1999 (A) 02-10-1999
Nigeria 25-05-1993 (A) 13-05-1995
Norway 21-11-1991 08-03-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Oman 26-06-2008 (A) 26-09-2008
Pakistan 21-07-1993 (A) 13-05-1995
Palau 29-09-2011 (A) 29-12-2011
Peru 24-04-2002 (A) 24-07-2002
Philippines 30-11-1990 06-02-2014 (R) 06-05-2014
Poland 07-11-1991 12-06-2003 (R) 12-09-2003
Portugal 27-02-2006 (A) 27-05-2006
Qatar 08-05-2007 (A) 08-08-2007
Republic of Korea, the 09-11-1999 (A) 09-02-2000
Republic of the Congo 07-09-2004 (A) 07-12-2004
Romania 17-11-2000 (A) 17-02-2001
Russian Federation 18-09-2009 (A) 18-12-2009
Saint Kitts and Nevis 07-10-2004 (A) 07-01-2005
Saint Lucia 20-05-2004 (A) 20-08-2004
Samoa 18-05-2004 (A) 18-08-2004
Saudi Arabia 30-07-2009 (A) 30-10-2009
Senegal 20-06-1991 24-03-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Seychelles 26-06-1992 (A) 13-05-1995
Sierra Leone 10-03-2008 (A) 10-06-2008
Singapore 10-03-1999 (A) 10-06-1999
Slovenia 31-05-2001 (A) 31-08-2001
Solomon Islands 30-09-2024 (A) 30-12-2024
South Africa 04-07-2008 (A) 04-10-2008
Spain 27-11-1991 12-01-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Sudan 21-01-2015 (A) 21-04-2015
Sweden 03-04-1991 30-03-1992 (R) 13-05-1995
Switzerland 04-07-1996 (A) 04-10-1996
Syria 14-03-2003 (A) 14-06-2003
Tanzania 16-05-2006 (A) 16-08-2006
Thailand 20-04-2000 (A) 20-07-2000
Togo 23-04-2012 (A) 23-07-2012
Tonga 01-02-1996 (A) 01-05-1996
Trinidad and Tobago 06-03-2000 (A) 06-06-2000
Tunisia 23-10-1995 (A) 23-01-1996
Türkiye 01-07-2004 (A) 01-10-2004
United Arab Emirates 24-09-2025 (A) 24-12-2025
United Kingdom 16-09-1997 (A) 16-12-1997
United States of America 30-11-1990 27-03-1992 (R) 13-05-1995
Uruguay 30-11-1990 27-09-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Vanuatu 18-02-1999 (A) 18-05-1999
Venezuela 20-05-1991 12-12-1994 (R) 13-05-1995
Yemen 10-05-2013 (A) 10-08-2013

Extensions

China

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Hong Kong SAR 01-05-2001
Macao SAR 01-05-2001

Denmark

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Greenland 27-11-1996

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Bermuda 02-08-2023
Falkland Islands 02-11-2023
Man, Isle of 16-05-2003

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Argentina Yes Yes
Colombia Yes No
Denmark Yes No

Argentina

13-07-1994

The Argentine Republic hereby expressly reserves its rights of sovereignty and of territorial and
maritime jurisdiction over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the maritime areas corresponding thereto, as recognized and defined in Law No.23.968 of the Argentine Nation of 14 August 1991, and repudiates any extension of the scope of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990, which may be made by any other State, community or entity to those Argentine island territories and/or maritime areas.

Objection United Kingdom, 22-02-1996

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have noted the declaration of the Government of Argentina concerning rights of sovereignty and of territorial and maritime jurisdiction over the Falkland Islands and south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The British Government have no doubt about the sovereignty of the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, as well as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The British Government can only reject as unfounded the claims by the Government of Argentina.

Colombia

11-06-2008

The amendments contained in article 14 of the Convention and in article 12 of the Protocol, and those which have entered into force at the time when Colombia becomes Party to the Convention, will only enter into force for Colombia once the internal approval and revision of the said amendments has been effected, in accordance with article 150, numbers 16 and 241 and 10 of the Political Constitution of Colombia.

Denmark

22-10-1996

[...] that the Convention will not apply to the Faroe Islands, pending a further decision.

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