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European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN)

Geneva, 19 January 1996


Entry into force:	26 July 1999, in accordance with article 8 (2).
Registration:	26 July 1999, No. 35939.
Status:	Signatories: 17 ,Parties: 15.
Text:	United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2072, p. 313; and depositary notification C.N.579.2000.TREATIES-4 of 21 August 2000 (procès-verbal of rectification to the original text of the Agreement); C.N.161.2006.TREATIES-1 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to the Agreement) and C.N.245.2007.TREATIES-1 of 1 March 2007 (Acceptance); C.N.163.2006.TREATIES-2 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annexes I and II of the Agreement) and C.N.670.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.164.2006.TREATIES-3 of 28 February 2006 (Proposal of amendments to Annex III the Agreement) and C.N.671.2006.TREATIES-4 of 29 August 2006 (Acceptance); C.N.946.2006.TREATIES-2 of 31 October 2006 and doc. ECE/TRANS/SC.3/174/Add.1 (Proposal of amendments to the AGN Agreement).

Note: The Agreement was adopted by the Inland Transportation Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe at its fifty-eighth session held at Geneva from 15 to 19 January 1996. In accordance with its article 5 (1), the Agreement is open at the Office of the United Nations in Geneva for signature by States which are members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe or have been admitted to the Commission in a consultative capacity in conformity with paragraphs 8 and 11 of the Terms of Reference of the Commission, form 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997.

Participant	Signature	Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a)
Austria	29 Sep 1997
Belarus		26 Mar 2008 a
Bosnia and Herzegovina		10 Mar 2008 a
Bulgaria		28 Apr 1999 a
Croatia	23 Jun 1997	27 Apr 1999 A
Czech Republic	23 Jun 1997	8 Aug 1997 AA
Finland	23 Jun 1997
France	24 Sep 1997
Germany	23 Jun 1997
Greece	24 Sep 1997
Hungary	23 Jun 1997	22 Oct 1997
Italy	24 Sep 1997	4 Apr 2000
Lithuania	25 Jun 1997	28 Apr 2000
Luxembourg	20 Jan 1997	29 Jun 1999
Moldova	23 Jun 1997	23 Mar 1998
Netherlands	23 Jun 1997	21 Apr 1998
Romania	23 Jun 1997	24 Feb 1999
Russian Federation	26 Sep 1997	31 May 2002 AA
Slovakia	23 Jun 1997	2 Feb 1998 AA
Switzerland	23 Jun 1997	21 Aug 1997

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