ABSTRACT
Angola ................................................. (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Antigua and Barbuda ........................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Argentina ............................................. (a) ................ 19 April 1961
Australia .............................................. (a) ................ 4 July 1955
Bahamas ............................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Barbados .............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Belgium ................................................. (r) ................ 2 June 1930
Belize .................................................... (a) ................ December 1930
Bolivia .................................................. (a) ................ 28 May 1982
Cameroon ............................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Cape Verde ........................................... (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Cuba .................................................... (a) ................ 25 July 1977
Cyprus ................................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Denmark .............................................. (a) ................ 1 July 1938
Dominican Republic ............................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Egypt .................................................... (a) ................ 29 November 1933
Ecuador ............................................... (a) ................ 23 March 1977
Fiji ....................................................... (a) ................ 10 October 1970
Finland ................................................. (a) ................ 1 July 1939
France ................................................... (r) ................ 4 January 1937
Gambia ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Germany, Federal Republic of ................ (r) ................ 1 July 1939
Ghana .................................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Grenada ............................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Guinea-Bissau ...................................... (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Guyana ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Hungary ................................................ (r) ................ 2 June 1930
Iran ...................................................... (a) ................ 26 April 1966
Ireland ................................................. (a) ................ 30 January 1962
Israel .................................................... (a) ................ 5 September 1959
Italy ....................................................... (r) ................ 7 October 193S
Ivory Coast .......................................... (a) ................ 15 December 1961
Jamaica ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Japan .................................................... (r) ................ 2 July 1957
Kenya ................................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Kiribati ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Kuwait ................................................. (a) ................ 25 July 1969
Lebanon ............................................... (a) ................ 19 July 1975
Madagascar .......................................... (a) ................ 13 July 1965
Malaysia .............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Mauritius ............................................. (a) ................ 24 August 1970
Monaco ............................................... (a) ................ 15 May 1931
Mozambique ........................................ (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Nauru .................................................. (a) ................ 4July 1955
Netherlands .......................................... (a) ................ 18 August 1956
Nigeria ................................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Norway ................................................ (a) ................ 1 July 1938
Palestine ............................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Papua New Guinea ............................... (a) ................ 4 July 1955
Paraguay .............................................. (a) ................ 22 November 1967
Peru ..................................................... (a) ................ 29 October 1964
Poland ................................................... (r) ................ 26 October 1936
Portugal ............................................... (a) ................ 24 December 1931
Macao .................................................. (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Romania ............................................... (r) ................ 4 August 1937
Sabah, North Borneo ............................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Solomon Islands ................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Sao Tome and Principe ......................... (a) ................ 2 February 1952
Sarawak ............................................... (a) ................ 3 November 1931
Senegal ................................................. (a) ................ 14 February 1978
Seychelles ............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Sierra Leone ......................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Singapore ............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Somalia ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Spain ..................................................... (r) ................ 2 June 1930
Sri Lanka .............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
St Christopher-Nevis ............................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
St Lucia ................................................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
St Vincent ............................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Sweden ................................................. (a) ................ 1 July 1938
Switzerland .......................................... (a) ................ 28 May 1954
Syrian Arab Republic ........................... (a) ................ 1 August 1974
Timor ................................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1952
Tonga ................................................... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Trinidad and Tobago ............................ (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Turkey .................................................. (a) ................ 4 July 1955
Tuvalu .................................................. (a) ................ 2 December 1930
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland including Jersey,
Guernsey and Isle of Man ...................... (r) ................ 2 June 1930
British oversee territories: Bermuda, ..... (a) ................ 2 December 1930
Falkland Islands and Dependencies,
Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Turk and Caicos
Islands and Cayman Islands, British
Virgin Islands, Monserrat, British
Antarctic Territories, Anguilla
Ascension, St Helena ............................ (a) ................ November 1931
United Republic of Tanzania ................ (a) ................ 3 December 1962
United States of America ....................... (r) ................ 29 June 1937
Yugoslavia ............................................. (r) ................ 17 April 1959
Zaire .................................................... (a) ................ 17 July 1967
Signed at Brussels, 25 August 1924
Article 1
In this Convention the following words are employed with the meanings set out below:
(a) ‘Carrier’ includes the owner of the vessel or the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage with a shipper.
