Guidance

Treaty Action Bulletin: February 2021

Published 1 March 2021

1. Treaties for which the UK is depositary

• Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (Castries, 22 March 2019)

Action: St Kitts & Nevis: ratification and provisional application: see status list.

2. Published in Country Series

Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Albania

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Iceland concerning Air Services

Trade Continuity Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway concerning Air Services

Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey (with Exchange of Letters)

3. Published in Miscellaneous Series

Headquarters Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Square Kilometre Array Observatory

4. Published in Treaty Series

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters

Convention on Social Security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Japan on Co-operation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters

Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters between their Customs Administrations

Exchange of Notes to amend the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America for the Sharing of Visa, Immigration, and Nationality Information, done at Queenstown on 18 April 2013, as amended by an Exchange of Notes on 28 and 29 September 2016

5. Multilateral treaties: UK actions

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: reservations to inclusion of various species in Appendix III, on behalf of Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Jersey, Montserrat and Northern Ireland - at the time of publication the notification was not yet available on the depositary’s site

• Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children: withdrawal of declaration (PDF, 96.7KB)

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: extension to Bailiwick of Jersey with reservations and declarations (PDF, 59.4KB)

• Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: extension to Bailiwick of Jersey (PDF, 54.2KB)

• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: extension to the Isle of Man of the Amendments made in London (PDF, 53.3KB), Copenhagen (PDF, 53.3KB), Montreal, (PDF, 53.5KB) Beijing, (PDF, 53.7KB) and Kigali, 2016 (PDF, 52.5KB)