§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the countries that are signatories to the 1949 Transport International Routier; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarI have been asked to reply.
The provisions of an international agreement signed at Geneva on 16 June 1949 relating to the international transport of goods by road were terminated on 1 January 1965.
A later customs convention on the international transport of goods by road (TIR carnets) signed at Geneva on 15 January 1959 was terminated and replaced by the present convention: the customs convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR convention), signed at Geneva on 14 November 1975. The list of signatories (and accessions) to this convention (as at 31 December 1985) is as follows.
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Participant Signature Date Afghanistan 423 September 1982 Albania 44 January 1985 Austria 27 April 1976 13 May 1977 Belgium 22 December 1976 20 December 1982 Bulgaria 420 October 1977 Canada 421 October 1980 Chile 46 October 1982 Czechslovakia 425 February 1981 Cyprus 47 August 1981 Denmark 21 December 1976 20 December 1982
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Participant Signature Date European Economic Community 30 December 1976 320 December 1982 Finland 28 December 1976 27 February 1978 France 130 December 1976 German Democratic Republic 421 July 1978 Germany, Federal Republic of 30 December 1976 20 December 1982 Greece 30 December 1976 15 May 1980 Hungary 23 November 1976 9 March 1978 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 416 August 1984 Ireland 30 December 1976 20 December 1982 Israel 414 February 1984 Italy 28 December 1976 20 December 1982 Jordan 424 December 1985 Kuwait 423 November 1983 Liechtenstein Luxembourg 23 December 1976 20 December 1982 Malta 418 February 1977 Morocco 15 October 1976 31 March 1983 Netherlands 28 December 1976 220 December 1982 Norway 411 January 1980 Poland 423 December 1980 Portugal 413 February 1979 Republic of Korea 429 January 1982 Romania 414 February 1980 Spain 411 August 1982 Sweden 117 December 1976 Switzerland 4 August 1976 3 February 1978 Tunisia 11 June 1976 13 October 1977 Turkey 412 November 1984 United Kingdom 22 December 1976 8 October 1982 USSR 48 June 1982
Participant Signature Date United States of America 418 September 1981 Uruguay 424 December 1980 Yugoslavia 28 April 1976 20 September 1977 1Definitive signature. 2Ratification acceptance. 3Approval. 4Accession.