Four new countries have accepted the Amendments to the International Plant Protection convention
The EPPO Reporting Service n°506/0l presented the list of the countries which have signed the International Plant Protection Convention. Since then, four additional countries have accepted the amendments introduced in 1979:
Mauritius
New Zealand
Tunisia
Yemen Arab Republic
Now 5 EPPO countries have signed the original Convention but have not accepted its amendments:
Austria
Greece
Italy
Malta
Portugal
The list of EPPO countries which have not signed the Convention is not modified (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Switzerland). At present 95 states are parties to the Convention and instruments of acceptance of the amendments have been received from 54 Contracting Governments.
In the following list of signatories, the underlined countries have accepted the amendments:
|
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia)
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Finland
France
German Democratic Republic
Germany, Federal Rep. of
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana .
Haiti
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea. Republic of
|
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Mali
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Romania
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Africa, Republic of
Soviet Union
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tunisia
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yemen Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
Zambia
|
Sources
FAO