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Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims

APPENDIX V

Tonnage-based International LimitationConventions—Ratifications and Accessions

STATE LIMITATION CONVENTION
  1976 1957 1924
Albania •    
Algeria • •  
Argentina     •
Australia • •  
Azerbaijan •    
Bahamas* • •  
Barbados* • •  
Belgium • • •
Belize   •  
Benin •    
Brazil       • •
Bulgaria •    
Canada   •  
Chile     •
China • •  
Congo •    
Croatia •    
Denmark* ** • • •
Dominica • •  
Dominican Republic*   • •
Egypt • •  
Equatorial Guinea •    
Estonia •   •
Fiji*   •  
Finland** • • •
France • • •
Georgia •    
Germany** • •  
Ghana*   •  
Greece •    
Grenada   •  
Guinea   •  
Guyana* •    
Hong Kong      
Hungary     •
Iceland*   •  
India* • •  
Iran*   •  
Ireland •    
Israel   •  
Italy   • •
Jamaica •    
Japan** • • •
Kiribati*   •  
Latvia •   •
Lebanon   •  
Liberia •    
Lithuania •    
Luxembourg   •  
Macau   •  
Malgache Republic   • •
Marshall Islands • •  
Mauritius* •    
Mexico •    
Monaco*   • •
Netherlands • •  
New Zealand •    
Nigeria •    
Norway • • •
Papua New Guinea*   •  
Peru   •  
Poland • • •
Portugal* (Including Aruba)   • •
Romania     •
St. Lucia* • •  
St. Vincent & The Grenadines   •  
Samoa •    
Seychelles*   •  
Sierra Leone •    
Singapore* • •  
Solomon Islands*   •  
Spain* • • •
Sweden** • • •
Switzerland • •  
Syria   •  
Syrian Arab Republic •    
Tonga* • •  
Trinidad and Tobago •    
Turkey •   •
Tuvalu*   •  
United Arab Emirates* • •  
United Kingdom** *** • • •
Vanuatu • •  
Vatican City   •  
Yemen •    
Yugoslavia   •  
Zaire   •  
As at 19 October 2005.
Source: Foreign Office Treaties Desk
* 1957 Convention applies but with restriction(s)
** Denunciation of 1976 Limitation Convention
*** One of the U.K. Dependent Territories, the British Antarctic Territory, is still party to the 1957 Convention.

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