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Oil Spills Protocol

Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills in the Wider Caribbean Region

Status of the Oil Spills Protocol

State Date of Signature Ratified / Acceded
Antigua and Barbuda   11-Sep-86
Bahamas    
Barbados 05-Mar-84 28-May-85
Belize   22-Sep-99
Colombia 24-Mar-83 03-Mar-88
Costa Rica   02-Aug-91
Cuba   15-Sep-88
Dominica   05-Oct-90
Dominican Republic   24-Nov-98
France 24-Mar-83 13-Nov-85
Grenada 24-Mar-83 17-Aug-87
Guatemala 05-Jul-83 18-Dec-89
Guyana    
Haiti    
Honduras 24-Mar-83  
Jamaica 24-Mar-83 01-Apr-87
Mexico 24-Mar-83 11-Apr-85
Netherlands 24-Mar-83 16-Apr-84
Nicaragua 24-Mar-83  25-Aug-05
Panama 24-Mar-83 29-Oct-87
St. Kitts and Nevis   15-Jun-99 
Saint Lucia 24-Mar-83 30-Nov-84
St. Vincent and the Grenadines   11-Jul-90
Suriname    
Trinidad and Tobago   24-Jan-86
United Kingdom 24-Mar-83 28-Feb-86
United States of America 24-Mar-83 31-Oct-84
Venezuela 24-Mar-83 18-Dec-86
European Economic Commission  24-Mar-83  

With the exception of the E.E.C. (E.U.), all states simultaneously signed the Oil Spills Protocol with the Convention. In almost all cases the Oil Spills Protocol was ratified or acceded to by a state at the same time as that state ratified or acceded to the Convention. The Oil Spills Protocol entered into force simultaneously with the Convention on 11 October 1986.


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