Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Argentina	Yes	No
China	Yes	No
France	Yes	No
Germany	Yes	No
Ukraine	Yes	No

Argentina

28-05-1982

The Argentine Republic adheres expressly to the interpretative Declaration made by the President of the Conference on 19 May 1980 and included in the Final Act of the Conference and records that nothing contained in this Convention affects or impairs its rights of sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction in the areas under its said sovereignty within the area of application defined in Article I(1) of this Convention.

China

19-09-2006

In the form of a third person note, dated 19 September 2006, and attached to its Instrument of Accession, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China made the following statement on behalf of the Government:

In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of the People’s Republic of China decides that the Convention applies to the Macao Special Administrative Region, and unless otherwise notified, shall not apply to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

France

16-09-1982

We declare that the Convention is accepted, ratified and confirmed and we promise that it will be inviolably observed subject to the following reservations and statements:

The Government of the French Republic confirms its intention to consider the application of the provisions of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources to the waters adjacent to Kerguelen and Crozet in the light of the clarification given in the declaration made on 19 May 1980 by the Chairman of the Conference, which was adopted without objection and annexed to the Final Act and declares, that in the view of the French Government, the two instruments cannot be interpreted independently of each other.

Germany

23-04-1982

In connexion with the deposit today of the instrument of ratification to the Convention of the twentieth day of May 1980 concerning the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, I have the honour to declare on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany that the said Convention shall apply to Berlin (West) with effect from the date on which it enters into force for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Ukraine

22-04-1994

In its instrument dated 23 February 1994 and deposited 22 April 1994, the Government of Ukraine informed that:
[...] at the 4th February 1994 Verkhova Rada of Ukraine adopted the resolution provided to succeed Ukraine to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources as one of the states-members of former USSR.