he International Tropical Timber Council, at its twenty-second session, held in Bolivia, from 21 to 29 May 1997, by Decision 2 (XXII) dated 23 May 1997, established the conditions for accession to the Agreement and decided that the time limit for the deposit of instruments of accession shall be the duration of the Agreement.
Further, the International Tropical Timber Council took the following decisions:
Date of decision: Subject:
30 May 2000 Extension of the Agreement for a period of three years with effect from 1 January 2001 i.e, until 31 December 2003.
4 Nov 2002 Extension of the Agreement for a period of three years with effect from 1 January 2004 i.e, until 31 December 2006.
6 - 11 Nov 2006 Extension of the Agreement until the provisional or definitive entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006.
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¦ Participant ¦ Signature ¦ Provisional ¦ Ratification, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦application (n)¦ Accession (a), ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Acceptance (A), ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Approval (AA), ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Definitive ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ signature (s) ¦
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¦Australia ¦ ¦ ¦ 2 Feb 1996 s ¦
¦Austria ¦13 May 1996 ¦ ¦16 May 1997 ¦
¦Belgium ¦13 May 1996 ¦13 May 1996 n ¦ ¦
¦Bolivia ¦17 Aug 1995 ¦ ¦17 Aug 1995 ¦
¦Brazil ¦13 Dec 1996 ¦ ¦28 Nov 1997 ¦
¦Cambodia ¦ 3 Feb 1995 ¦ ¦ 3 Feb 1995 A ¦
¦Cameroon ¦22 Dec 1994 ¦31 Aug 1995 n ¦ ¦
¦Canada ¦ 3 May 1995 ¦ ¦23 May 1996 ¦
¦Central African ¦ ¦23 May 1997 n ¦ ¦
¦ Republic ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦China ¦22 Feb 1996 ¦ ¦31 Jul 1996 AA ¦
¦Colombia ¦ 8 Nov 1995 ¦ 9 Oct 1996 n ¦16 Aug 1999 ¦
¦Congo ¦22 Jun 1994 ¦25 Oct 1995 n ¦ ¦
¦Cote d'Ivoire ¦ 9 Sep 1996 ¦ 9 Sep 1996 n ¦31 Jan 1997 ¦
¦Democratic Republic of ¦17 Dec 1996 ¦27 Mar 1997 n ¦ ¦
¦ the Congo ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
¦Denmark ¦13 May 1996 ¦ ¦13 May 1996 ¦
¦Ecuador ¦ 1 Jun 1994 ¦ ¦ 6 Sep 1995 ¦
¦Egypt ¦ 8 Nov 1994 ¦15 May 1996 n ¦13 Apr 2000 ¦
¦European Union ¦13 May 1996 ¦13 May 1996 n ¦ ¦
¦Fiji ¦27 Jan 1995 ¦27 Jan 1995 n ¦ ¦
¦Finland ¦13 May 1996 ¦13 May 1996 n ¦ ¦
¦France ¦13 May 1996 ¦28 Oct 1996 n ¦17 Aug 2006 AA ¦
¦Gabon ¦27 May 1994 ¦ 2 Aug 1995 n ¦ ¦
¦Germany ¦30 Aug 1995 ¦30 Aug 1995 n ¦ ¦
¦Ghana ¦12 Jul 1995 ¦ ¦28 Aug 1995 ¦
¦Greece ¦13 May 1996 ¦ ¦13 Oct 1997 ¦
¦Guatemala ¦ ¦ ¦ 3 May 2001 a
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