
1 
This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 10th April 1985.
2 
It is hereby certified that the contracting States to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924, as amended by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 23rd February 1968 and the territories in respect of which they are respectively contracting States are as listed in the Schedule to this Order.
3 
The Carriage of Goods by Sea (Parties to Convention) Order 1982 is hereby revoked.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2


Contracting States Territories in respect of which they are respectively parties Dates on which the Convention as amended came into force
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23rd June 1977
 The Isle of Man 23rd June 1977
 Bermuda 1st February 1981
 British Antarctic Territory 20th January 1984
 British Virgin Islands 20th January 1984
 Cayman Islands 20th January 1984
 Falkland Islands 20th January 1984
 Falkland Islands Dependencies 20th January 1984
 Gibraltar 22nd December 1977
 Hong Kong 1st February 1981
 Montserrat 20th January 1984
 Turks and Caicos Islands 20th January 1984
The Kingdom of Belgium Belgium 6th December 1978
The Kingdom of Denmark Denmark 23rd June 1977
The Republic of Ecuador Ecuador 23rd June 1977
The Arab Republic of Egypt Egypt 30th April 1983
The Republic of Finland Finland 1st March 1985
The French Republic France 23rd June 1977
The German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic 14th May 1979
The Lebanese Republic Lebanon 23rd June 1977
The Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe 26th July 1982
The Kingdom of Norway Norway 23rd June 1977
The Polish People's Republic Poland 12th May 1980
The Republic of Singapore Singapore 23rd June 1977
Spain Spain 14th February 1984
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 21st January 1982
The Kingdom of Sweden Sweden 23rd June 1977
The Swiss Confederation Switzerland 23rd June 1977
The Syrian Arab Republic Syria 23rd June 1977
The Kingdom of Tonga Tonga 13th September 1978