on 14 June 1974 and ratified by it on 31 August 1989 and entered into force on 1 March 1990.
c In accordance with article XI of the Protocol, the contracting parties to the amended Convention are considered to be also contracting parties to the unamended Convention in relation to any contracting party to the unamended Convention not yet a contracting party to the 1980 Protocol, unless the depositary is notified to the contrary.
d Accession.
e Participation.
f Succession.
g The former Czechoslovakia signed the Convention on 29 August 1975 and deposited an instrument of ratification on 26 May 1977, with the Convention entering into force for the former Czechoslovakia on 1 August 1988. On 28 May and 30 September 1993, respectively, Slovakia and the Czech Republic deposited instruments of succession with effect from 1 January 1993, the date of succession of both States.
h Declarations and reservations. Upon signature, Norway declared, and confirmed upon ratification, that, in accordance with article 34, the Convention would not govern contracts of sale where the seller and the buyer both had their relevant places of business within the territories of the Nordic States (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden).
i The Russian Federation continues, as from 24 December 1991, the membership of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the United Nations and maintains, as from that date, full responsibility for all the rights and obligations of the USSR under the Charter of the United Nations and the multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
j The former Yugoslavia acceded to the Convention on 27 November 1978. On 12 March 2001, the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia declared the following:
"The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, having considered [the Convention], succeeds to the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained as from April 27, 1992, the date upon which the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia assumed responsibility for its international relations."
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