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United States of America
"In accordance with paragraph 1 of article 16 of the Convention, the said Convention shall extend to the customs territory of the United States [which at the present time includes the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico]."
Territorial Application
Participant Date of receipt Territories
of the
notification
Australia 3 Jan 1968 The Territories of Papua, Norfolk
Island, Christmas Island, Cocos
(Keeling) Islands and the Trust
Territory of New Guinea
Netherlands <7> 27 Jul 1960 Netherlands Antilles and
Netherlands New Guinea
United Kingdom of 23 May 1958 The Isle of Man, Jersey and the
Great Britain and Bailiwick of Guernsey
Northern Ireland <8>
19 Oct 1959 Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda,
British Solomon Islands
Protectorate, Brunei, Cyprus,
Dominica, Falkland Islands,
Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and
Ellice Islands Colony, Grenada,
Jamaica, Mauritius, Monteserrat,
North Borneo, St. Christopher,
Nevis and Anguilla, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent, Sarawak, Sierra
Leone, State of Singapore,
Trinidad and Tobago, Zanzibar
12 Dec 1974 Hong Kong
End Note
1. On depositing the instrument of ratification, the Government of Switzerland declared that the provisions of the Convention will apply to the Principality of Liechtenstein, so long as it is linked to Switzerland by a customs union treaty.
2. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Convention on 9 March 1961. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3. Czechoslovakia had acceded to the Convention on 31 May 1962, with a reservation. For the text of the reservation, see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 429, p. 299. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
4. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
5. See note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
6. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
7. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
8. See note 1 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" regarding Hong Kong in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
9. In a notification received on 6 May 1994, the Government of Bulgaria notified the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw the reservation made upon acce
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