Optional Annex IV to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78)

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General Information

  1. Type: Convention
  2. Date of signature:
  3. Place of signature: London, United Kingdom
  4. Depositary:
  5. Date of entry into force: 02/10/1983

Category

Environment and products

Sub category

Maritime and Law of the Sea

Groups

IMO

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CountryRatification date
Albania09/01/2007
Algeria31/01/1989
Angola04/10/2001
Antigua and Barbuda29/01/1988
Argentina31/08/1993
Australia27/02/2004
Austria27/05/1988
Azerbaijan16/07/2004
Bangladesh18/12/2002
Barbados26/11/2001
Belarus07/01/1994
Belgium04/01/1996
Belize26/05/1995
Benin11/02/2000
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)04/06/1999
Brazil08/11/1995
Bulgaria13/05/1993
Cambodia28/11/1994
Cameroon18/09/2009
Canada26/03/2010
Cape Verde04/07/2003
Chile10/10/1994
China02/11/2006
Colombia27/07/1981
Comoros22/11/2000
Congo07/09/2004
Cote d'Ivoire05/10/1987
Croatia08/10/1991
Cyprus30/05/2006
Czech Republic01/01/1993
Democratic People's Republic of Korea01/05/1985
Denmark27/11/1980
Djibouti12/10/2015
Dominican Republic24/06/1999
Ecuador18/05/1990
Egypt07/08/1986
El Salvador24/09/2008
Equatorial Guinea24/04/1996
Estonia18/08/1992
Fiji08/03/2016
Finland20/09/1983
France25/09/1981
Gabon26/04/1983
Gambia01/11/1991
Georgia08/11/1984
Germany21/01/1982
Ghana01/10/2010
Greece23/09/1982
Guatemala03/11/1997
Guinea02/10/2002
Guyana10/12/1997
Honduras30/11/2015
Hungary14/01/1985
India11/06/2003
Indonesia24/08/2012
Iran29/05/2009
Ireland10/08/2006
Italy01/10/1982
Jamaica13/03/1991
Japan09/06/1983
Jordan02/06/2006
Kazakhstan07/03/1994
Kenya15/12/1992
Kiribati05/02/2007
Kuwait07/08/2007
Latvia20/05/1992
Lebanon18/07/1983
Liberia21/08/2006
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya28/04/2005
Lithuania04/12/1991
Luxembourg14/02/1991
Madagascar20/08/2005
Malawi17/12/2001
Malaysia27/09/2010
Malta30/03/2011
Marshall Islands26/04/1988
Mauritania24/11/1997
Mauritius06/04/1995
Moldova11/10/2005
Monaco20/08/1992
Mongolia15/10/2003
Montenegro03/06/2006
Morocco12/10/1993
Mozambique09/11/2005
Myanmar05/04/2016
Netherlands11/11/2005
Nicaragua01/02/2001
Nigeria24/05/2002
Norway26/09/2002
Oman13/03/1984
Pakistan22/11/1994
Palau29/09/2011
Panama20/02/1985
Papua New Guinea25/10/1993
Peru25/04/1980
Philippines15/06/2001
Poland01/04/1986
Portugal22/10/1987
Qatar08/03/2006
Republic of Korea28/11/2003
Romania05/07/2006
Russian Federation14/08/1987
Saint Kitts and Nevis24/12/1997
Saint Lucia12/07/2000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28/10/1983
Samoa07/02/2002
Sao Tome and Principe29/10/1998
Saudi Arabia23/05/2005
Senegal16/01/1997
Serbia03/06/2006
Sierra Leone23/05/2002
Singapore01/05/2005
Slovakia01/01/1993
Slovenia25/06/1991
Solomon Islands30/06/2004
South Africa17/09/2015
Spain21/01/1991
Sri Lanka24/06/1997
Sudan21/01/2015
Suriname04/11/1988
Sweden09/06/1980
Switzerland20/11/1998
Syrian Arab Republic08/03/2006
Togo09/02/1990
Tonga01/02/1996
Trinidad and Tobago06/03/2000
Tunisia10/10/1980
Turkey14/10/2014
Turkmenistan04/02/2009
Tuvalu22/08/1985
Ukraine25/10/1993
United Arab Emirates15/01/2007
United Kingdom11/09/1995
United Republic of Tanzania23/07/2008
Uruguay30/04/1979
Vanuatu15/03/2004
Venezuela29/07/1994
Viet Nam19/12/2014
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