XIX43. COMMODITIES 1 43. INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT 2001
London, 28 September 2000
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ENTRY INTO FORCE provisionally on 1 October 2001 and definitively on 17 May 2005, in accordance with article 45which reads as follows: "(1) This Agreement shall enter into force definitively on 1 October 2001 if by that date Governments representing at least 15 exporting Members holding at least 70 percent of the votes of the exporting Members and at least 10 importing Members holding at least 70 percent of the votes importing Members, calculated as at 25 September 2001, without reference to possible suspension under the terms of Articles 25 and 42, have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. Alternatively, it shall enter into force definitively at any time after 1 October 2001 if it is provisionally in force in accordance with the provisons of paragraph (2) of this Article and these percentage requirements are satisfied by the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. (2) This Agreement may enter into force provisionally on 1 October 2001. For this purpose, a notification by a signatory Government or by any other Contracting Party to the International Coffee Agreement 1994 as extended, containing an undertaking to apply this new Agreement provisionally, in accordance with its constitutional procedures as rapidly as possible, which is recieved by the Secretary-General of the United Nations not later than 25 September 2001, shall be regarded as equal in effect to an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. A Government which undertakes to apply this Agreement provisionally, in accordance with its laws and regulations acceptance or approval shall be regarded as a provisional Party thereto until it deposits its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval or until and including 30 June 2002 whichever is the earlier. The Council may grant an extension of the time within which any Government which is applying this Agreement provisionally may deposit its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. (3) If this Agreement has not entered into force definitively or provisionally on 1 October 2001 under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of this Article those Governments which have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or made notifications containing an undertaking to apply this Agreement provisionally, in accordance with their laws an regulations, and to seek ratification, acceptance or approval may, by mutual consent, decide that it shall enter into force among themselves. Similarly, if this Agreement has entered into force provisionally but has not entered into force definitively on 31 March 2002, those Governments which have deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or made the notifications referred to in paragraph (2) of this Article, may, by mutual consent, decide that it shall continue in force provisionally or enter into force definitively among themselves.".1
REGISTRATION: 1 October 2001, No. 37769.
STATUS: Signatories: 34. Parties: 69.
TEXT: United Nations, Treaty Series , vol. 2161, p. 308.
Note: At its eighty-second session held in London from 27 to 28 September 2000, the International Coffee Council approved, by Resolution No. 393, the International Coffee Agreement 2001. The Agreement will be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters, from 1 November 2000 until and including 25 September 2001 by Contracting Parties to the International Coffee Agreement 1994 or the International Coffee Agreement 1994 as extended until 30 September 2001, with modifications, by Resolution 384 of the International Coffee Council on 21 July 1999, and Governments invited to the session of the International Coffee Council at which this Agreement was negotiated, in accordance with its article 43. At its ninety-eighth session, held in London on 28 September 2007, the International Coffee Council decided by Resolution No. 432 to extend the International Coffee Agreement 2001 for a period of one year from 1 October 2007, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 52. However, as soon as the conditions for its definitive or provisional entry into force are met, the new International Coffee Agreement 2007 shall enter into force, thus terminating the period of extension of the International Coffee Agreement 2001. At its one hundred and first session, held in London on 22 September 2008, the International Coffee Council decided by Resolution No. 438 to further extend the International Coffee Agreement 2001 for one year from 1 October 2008. However, the International Coffee Agreement 2007 shall enter into force as soon as the conditions for its provisional or definitive entry into force are met, thus terminating the period of extension of the International Coffee Agreement 2001.
Further, International Coffee Council took the following decisions:
Date of decision: Subject:
28 September 2001 Extension until 31 May 2002 of the period for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, or notifications of provisional application and establishment of special conditions for accession.
21 May 2002 Extension to 25 September 2002 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, notification of provisional application or accession;
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26 September 2002 Extension to 31 May 2003 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
21 May 2003 Extension to 31 May 2004 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
21 May 2003 Extension to 31 May 2004 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by States applying the Agreement provisionally.
19 to 21 May 2004 Extension to 31 May 2005 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval or accession.
Extension to 31 May 2005 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by States applying the Agreement provisionally.
18 to 20 May 2005 Extension to 31 May 2006 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval or accession.
Extension to 31 May 2006 of the time-limit for deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by States applying the Agreement provisionally.
22 to 25 May 2006 Extension to 31 May 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Extension to 31 May 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by States applying the Agreement provisionally.
Establishment of conditions of accession for Timor-Leste.
24 to 25 May 2007 Extension to 25 September 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Extension to 25 September 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval by Belgium/Luxembourg which are applying the Agreement provisionally.
Extension to 25 September 2007 of the time-limit for the deposit of an instrument of accession by Timor-Leste.
28 September 2007 Extension of the Agreement for a period of one year, until 30 September 2008, from 1 October 2007;
Extension to 30 September 2008 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;
Extension to 30 September 2008 of the time-limit for the deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval by States applying the Agreement provisionally; and
Extension to 30 September 2008 of the time-limit for the deposit of an instrument of accession by Timor-Leste.
22 September 2008 Extension of the Agreement for a period of one year, until 30 September 2009, from 1 October 2008.
23 to 25 September 2009 Extension of the Agreement for a period of one year, until 30 September 2010, from 1 October 2009.
21 to 24 September 2010 Extension of the Agreement for a period of one year, until 30 September 2010, from 1 October 2010.
. Participant Signature Provisional application(n) Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Angola ... 2 Jan 2002 a Austria ... 23 Sep 2002 a Belgium2 ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 n
Benin ... 21 Mar 2003 a
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ... 30 May 2002 a
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Participant Signature
Provisional application(n)
Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Cameroon ... 28 May 2002 a
Central African Republic ... 19 Dec 2002 a
Colombia ... 20 Jun 2001 20 Jun 2001 n 17 Feb 2004 Congo ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 Costa Rica ... 20 Dec 2000 25 Sep 2002 Côte d'Ivoire ... 25 Sep 2001 29 Jan 2002 AA Cuba ... 25 Sep 2001 30 Nov 2001 n 26 Dec 2001 Cyprus ... 23 Jan 2002 a
Democratic Republic of the Congo ... 12 Apr 2002 a
Denmark ... 25 Sep 2001 5 Jun 2002 Dominican Republic ... 10 Aug 2001 5 Mar 2004 Ecuador ... 15 Aug 2001 5 Feb 2002 El Salvador ... 25 Jan 2002 a Ethiopia ... 23 Mar 2001 16 Apr 2003 European Union ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 AA France... 24 Sep 2001 25 Apr 2005 AA Gabon ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 A Germany ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 n 20 Dec 2002 Ghana3 ... 24 Sep 2001 24 Sep 2001 n 31 May 2006
Greece ... 4 Mar 2004 a Guatemala ... 5 Feb 2003 a Guinea ... 21 May 2003 a
Haiti ... 24 Sep 2002 a Honduras ... 25 Sep 2001 24 Sep 2002
India ... 10 Aug 2001 10 Sep 2001 Indonesia ... 23 Aug 2002 a Ireland ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 n 11 Jun 2002 Italy ... 25 Sep 2001 17 May 2005 Jamaica... 25 Sep 2001 1 Nov 2001 Japan4 ... [11 Jul 2001 ] [11 Jul 2001 A] Kenya ... 1 Nov 2001 a Latvia ... 4 Jan 2006 a Luxembourg2... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 n
Madagascar ... 24 Sep 2001 24 Sep 2001 A Malawi ... 12 Feb 2003 a Mexico ... 24 Sep 2001 25 Jan 2002 n 9 Jul 2002 Netherlands5 ... 25 May 2007 a Nicaragua ... 12 Dec 2002 a Nigeria ... 26 Feb 2002 a Norway... 21 May 2002 a Panama ... 26 Jul 2006 a
Papua New Guinea ... 23 Jan 2002 a
XIX43. COMMODITIES 4 Participant Signature Provisional application(n) Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Philippines ... 28 May 2002 a Poland ... 15 Sep 2006 a Portugal ... 25 Sep 2001 21 May 2003 Romania ... 24 Mar 2008 a Rwanda ... 4 Sep 2001 13 Sep 2001
Slovakia ... 1 Jun 2006 a Spain ... 20 Sep 2001 20 Sep 2001 n 7 Jun 2002
Sweden ... 19 Nov 2001 a Switzerland ... 25 Sep 2001 28 Jan 2002 n 30 Apr 2002 Thailand ... 24 Sep 2001 24 Sep 2001
Togo ... 9 May 2003 a Uganda ... 9 May 2001 5 Oct 2001
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland6 ... 25 Sep 2001 25 Sep 2001 n 2 Jun 2003 United Republic of Tanzania ... 26 Jan 2001 31 Oct 2002
United States of America ... 3 Feb 2005 a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ... 8 Jul 2004 a
Viet Nam ... 22 Aug 2001 2 May 2002 AA Zambia ... 26 Mar 2003 a
Zimbabwe ... 3 Jun 2004 a
Notes:
1
At a meeting held in London, from 26 to 28 September 2001, the representatives of the States and Organization listed below decided to put the Agreement into force provisionally among themselves as of 1 October 2001, pursuant to the provisions of article 45 (3) of the Agreement:
Exporting Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Congo (Republic of), Gabon, Ghana, India, Rwanda and Thailand; Importing countries : Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and European Community.
2
In the name of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and by virtue of Article 31 of the Consolidated Convention between Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg instituting the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.
3
In its notification of provisional application, the Government of Ghana notified the Secretary-General that:
"[The Government of the Republic of Ghana] ... will apply the Agreemnt provisionally, as an exporting member, with effect from 26 September 2001, pending its ratification.".
4
On 29 September 2009, the Government of Japan has notified the Secretary-General, that pursuant to the provisions of article 52 (2) of the Agreement, Japan does not accept the extension of the International Coffee Agreement 2001, for one year from 1 October 2009.
In accordance with article 52 (2) Japan shall cease to be a party to the International Coffee Agreement 2001, from the beginning of the period of extension, i.e., from 1st October 2009.
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Registration Number
37769
Title
International Coffee Agreement 2001*
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of
conclusion
Place
London
Date
28/09/2000
EIF information
provisionally on 1 October 2001 and definitively on 17 May 2005 , in
accordance with article 45
Authentic texts
Spanish
Portuguese
French
English
Attachments
with annex
ICJ information
Depositary
SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations
Registration Date
ex officio 1 October 2001
Subject terms
Commodities
Agreement type
UNTS Volume Number
2161
Publication format
Full
Certificate Of
Registration
Text document (s)
Volume In Pdf
v2161.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum
Participant
Action
Date of
Notification/Deposit
Date of Effect
Angola
Accession
02/01/2002
02/01/2002
Austria
Accession
23/09/2002
23/09/2002
Belgium
Signature
25/09/2001
Belgium
Provisional
application
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Benin
Accession
21/03/2003
21/03/2003
Bolivia
Accession
30/05/2002
30/05/2002
Brazil
Signature
18/09/2001
Brazil
Ratification
21/09/2001
01/10/2001
Bulgaria
Accession
15/03/2007
15/03/2007
Burundi
Signature
24/09/2001
Burundi
Acceptance
24/09/2001
01/10/2001
Cameroon
Accession
28/05/2002
28/05/2002
Central African Republic
Accession
19/12/2002
19/12/2002
Colombia
Ratification
17/02/2004
Colombia
Signature
20/06/2001
Colombia
Provisional
20/1/2017
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Congo
Signature
25/09/2001
Congo
Ratification
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Costa Rica
Signature
20/12/2000
Costa Rica
Ratification
25/09/2002
25/09/2002
Côte d'Ivoire
Signature
25/09/2001
Côte d'Ivoire
Approval
29/01/2002
29/01/2002
Cuba
Signature
25/09/2001
Cuba
Provisional
application
30/11/2001
30/11/2001
Cuba
Ratification
26/12/2001
30/11/2001
Cyprus
Accession
23/01/2002
23/01/2002
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Accession
12/04/2002
12/04/2002
Denmark
Signature
25/09/2001
Denmark
Ratification
05/06/2002
05/06/2002
Dominican Republic
Signature
10/08/2001
Dominican Republic
Ratification
05/03/2004
05/03/2004
Ecuador
Signature
15/08/2001
Ecuador
Ratification
05/02/2002
05/02/2002
El Salvador
Accession
25/01/2002
25/01/2002
Ethiopia
Signature
23/03/2001
Ethiopia
Ratification
16/04/2003
16/04/2003
European Community
Signature
25/09/2001
European Community
Approval
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
France
Signature
24/09/2001
France
Approval
25/04/2005
25/04/2005
Gabon
Signature
25/09/2001
Gabon
Acceptance
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Germany
Signature
25/09/2001
Germany
Ratification
20/12/2002
Germany
Provisional
application
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Ghana
Signature
24/09/2001
Ghana
Provisional
application
24/09/2001
26/09/2001
Ghana
Ratification
31/05/2006
31/05/2006
Greece
Accession
04/03/2004
04/03/2004
Guatemala
Accession
05/02/2003
05/02/2003
Guinea
Accession
21/05/2003
21/05/2003
Haiti
Accession
24/09/2002
24/09/2002
Honduras
Signature
25/09/2001
Honduras
Ratification
24/09/2002
24/09/2002
India
Signature
10/08/2001
India
Ratification
10/09/2001
01/10/2001
Indonesia
Accession
23/08/2002
23/08/2002
Ireland
Signature
25/09/2001
Ireland
Provisional
application
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Ireland
Ratification
11/06/2002
01/10/2001
Italy
Signature
25/09/2001
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Jamaica
Signature
25/09/2001
Jamaica
Ratification
01/11/2001
01/11/2001
Japan
Signature
11/07/2001
Japan
Notification of non
acceptance of the
extension
29/09/2009
Japan
Acceptance
11/07/2001
01/10/2001
Kenya
Accession
01/11/2001
01/11/2001
Latvia
Accession
04/01/2006
04/01/2006
Luxembourg
Signature
25/09/2001
Luxembourg
Provisional
application
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
Madagascar
Signature
24/09/2001
Madagascar
Acceptance
24/09/2001
01/10/2001
Malawi
Accession
12/02/2003
12/02/2003
Mexico
Signature
24/09/2001
Mexico
Ratification
09/07/2002
25/01/2002
Mexico
Provisional
application
25/01/2002
25/01/2002
Netherlands
Accession
25/05/2007
25/05/2007
Nicaragua
Accession
12/12/2002
12/12/2002
Nigeria
Accession
26/02/2002
26/02/2002
None
Extension of time
limit
30/09/2002
None
Extension of time
limit
31/05/2002
None
Extension of time
limit
31/05/2002
None
Extension of time
limit
28/05/2004
None
Extension of time
limit
28/05/2004
None
Extension of time
limit
28/05/2003
None
Extension of time
limit
28/05/2003
None
Extension of time
limit
08/06/2005
None
Extension of time
limit
08/06/2005
None
Definitive entry into
force
17/05/2005
None
Establishment of
conditions
26/05/2006
None
Extension of time
limit
30/05/2006
None
Extension of time
limit
30/05/2006
None
Extension of time
limit
04/10/2007
None
Extension of time
20/1/2017
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None
Extension of time
limit
04/10/2007
None
Extension
04/10/2007
None
Extension of time
limit
05/06/2007
None
Extension of time
limit
05/06/2007
None
Extension of time
limit
05/06/2007
None
Issuance of certified
true copies
None
Opening for
signature
28/09/2000
None
Extension of time
limit
02/10/2001
None
Provisional entry
into force
28/09/2001
None
Establishment of
conditions
03/10/2001
None
Definitive entry into
force
17/05/2005
17/05/2005
Norway
Accession
21/05/2002
21/05/2002
Panama
Accession
26/07/2006
26/07/2006
Papua New Guinea
Accession
23/01/2002
23/01/2002
Paraguay
Accession
10/03/2004
10/03/2004
Philippines
Accession
28/05/2002
28/05/2002
Poland
Accession
15/09/2006
15/09/2006
Portugal
Signature
25/09/2001
Portugal
Ratification
21/05/2003
21/05/2003
Romania
Accession
24/03/2008
24/03/2008
Rwanda
Signature
04/09/2001
Rwanda
Ratification
13/09/2001
01/10/2001
Slovakia
Accession
01/06/2006
01/06/2006
Spain
Signature
20/09/2001
Spain
Provisional
application
20/09/2001
01/10/2001
Spain
Ratification
07/06/2002
01/10/2001
Sweden
Accession
19/11/2001
19/11/2001
Switzerland
Signature
25/09/2001
Switzerland
Provisional
application
28/01/2002
28/01/2002
Switzerland
Ratification
30/04/2002
28/01/2002
Thailand
Signature
24/09/2001
Thailand
Ratification
24/09/2001
01/10/2001
Togo
Accession
09/05/2003
09/05/2003
Uganda
Signature
09/05/2001
Uganda
Ratification
05/10/2001
05/10/2001
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Signature
25/09/2001
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Ratification
02/06/2003
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Provisional
application
25/09/2001
01/10/2001
United Republic of Tanzania
Signature
26/01/2001
United Republic of Tanzania
Ratification
31/10/2002
31/10/2002
United States of America
Accession
03/02/2005
03/02/2005
Venezuela
Accession
08/07/2004
08/07/2004
Viet Nam
Signature
22/08/2001
Viet Nam
Approval
02/05/2002
02/05/2002
Zambia
Accession
26/03/2003
26/03/2003
