Name of State followed
by the two-letter code |
Date on which State became bound by the PCT1 |
| Albania AL |
4 October 1995 |
| Algeria |
March 1, 1966 |
| Algeria DZ2
|
8 March 2000
|
| Angola AO
|
27 December 2007
|
| Antigua and Barbuda AG
|
17 March 2000
|
| Armenia AM2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Australia AU
|
31 March 1980
|
| Austria AT |
23 April 1979 |
| Azerbaijan AZ |
25 December 1995 |
| Bahrain BH2 |
18 March 2007
|
| Barbados BB
|
12 March 1985
|
| Belarus BY2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Belgium BE
|
14 December 1981
|
| Belize BZ
|
17 June 2000
|
| Benin BJ
|
26 February 1987
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina BA
|
7 September 1996
|
| Botswana BW
|
30 October 2003
|
| Brazil BR
|
9 April 1978
|
| Bulgaria BG
|
21 May 1984
|
| Burkina Faso BF
|
21 March 1989
|
| Cameroon CM
|
24 January 1978
|
| Canada CA
|
2 January 1990
|
| Central African Republic CF
|
24 January 1978
|
| Chad TD
|
24 January 1978
|
| China CN
|
1 January 1994
|
| Colombia CO
|
28 February 2001
|
| Comoros KM
|
3 April 2005
|
| Congo CG
|
24 January 1978
|
| Costa Rica CR
|
3 August 1999
|
| Côte d’Ivoire CI
|
30 April 1991
|
| Croatia HR
|
1 July 1998
|
| Cuba CU2
|
16 July 1996
|
| Cyprus CY
|
1 April 1998
|
| Czech Republic CZ
|
1 January 1993
|
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea KP
|
8 July 1980
|
| Denmark DK
|
1 December 1978
|
| Dominica DM
|
7 August 1999
|
| Dominican Republic DO
|
28 May 2007
|
| Ecuador EC
|
7 May 2001
|
| Egypt EG
|
6 September 2003
|
| El Salvador SV
|
17 August 2006
|
| Equatorial Guinea GQ
|
17 July 2001
|
| Estonia EE
|
24 August 1994
|
| Finland FI3
|
1 October 1980
|
| France FR2,4
|
25 February 1978
|
| Gabon GA
|
24 January 1978
|
| Gambia GM
|
9 December 1997
|
| Georgia GE2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Ghana GH
|
26 February 1997
|
| Greece GR
|
9 October 1990
|
| Grenada GD
|
22 September 1998
|
| Guatemala GT
|
14 October 2006
|
| Guinea GN
|
27 May 1991
|
| Guinea-Bissau GW
|
12 December 1997
|
| Honduras HN
|
20 June 2006
|
| Hungary HU2
|
27 June 1980
|
| Iceland IS
|
23 March 1995
|
| India IN2
|
7 December 1998
|
| Indonesia ID2
|
5 September 1997
|
| Ireland IE
|
1 August 1992
|
| Israel IL
|
1 June 1996
|
| Italy IT
|
28 March 1985
|
| Japan JP
|
1 October 1978
|
| Kazakhstan KZ2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Kenya KE
|
8 June 1994
|
| Kyrgyzstan KG2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic LA
|
14 June 2006
|
| Latvia LV
|
7 September 1993
|
| Lesotho LS
|
21 October 1995
|
| Liberia LR
|
27 August 1994
|
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LY
|
15 September 2005
|
| Liechtenstein LI
|
19 March 1980
|
| Lithuania LT
|
5 July 1994
|
| Luxembourg LU
|
30 April 1978
|
| Madagascar MG
|
24 January 1978
|
| Malawi MW
|
24 January 1978
|
| Malaysia MY2
|
16 August 2006
|
| Mali ML
|
19 October 1984
|
| Malta MT2
|
1 March 2007
|
| Mauritania MR
|
13 April 1983
|
| Mexico MX
|
1 January 1995
|
| Moldova MD2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Monaco MC
|
22 June 1979
|
| Mongolia MN
|
27 May 1991
|
| Mongolia MN
|
27 May 1991
|
| Montenegro ME
|
3 June 2006
|
| Morocco MA
|
8 October 1999
|
| Mozambique MZ2
|
18 May 2000
|
| Namibia NA
|
1 January 2004
|
| Netherlands NL5
|
10 July 1979
|
| New Zealand NZ
|
1 December 1992
|
| Nicaragua NI
|
6 March 2003
|
| Niger NE
|
21 March 1993
|
| Nigeria NG
|
8 May 2005
|
| Norway NO3
|
1 January 1980
|
| Oman OM2
|
26 October 2001
|
| Papua New Guinea PG
|
14 June 2003
|
| Philippines PH
|
17 August 2001
|
| Poland PL3
|
25 December 1990
|
| Portugal PT
|
24 November 1992
|
| Republic of Korea KR
|
10 August 1984
|
| Romania RO2
|
23 July 1979
|
| Russian Federation RU2
|
29 March 1978
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis KN
|
27 October 2005
|
| Saint Lucia LC2
|
30 August 1996
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC2
|
6 August 2002
|
| San Marino SM
|
14 December 2004
|
| Sao Tome and Principe ST
|
3 July 2008
|
| Senegal SN
|
24 January 1978
|
| Serbia RS
|
1 February 1997
|
| Seychelles SC
|
7 November 2002
|
| Sierra Leone SL
|
17 June 1997
|
| Singapore SG
|
23 February 1995
|
| Slovakia SK
|
1 January 1993
|
| Slovenia SI
|
1 March 1994
|
| South Africa ZA2
|
16 March 1999
|
| Spain ES
|
16 November 1989
|
| Sri Lanka LK
|
26 February 1982
|
| Sudan SD
|
16 April 1984
|
| Swaziland SZ
|
20 September 1994
|
| Swaziland SZ
|
20 September 1994
|
| Sweden SE3
|
17 May 1978
|
| Switzerland CH
|
. 24 January 1978
|
| Syrian Arab Republic SY
|
26 June 2003
|
| Tajikistan TJ2
|
25 December 1991
|
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK
|
10 August 1995
|
| Togo TG
|
24 January 1978
|
| Trinidad and Tobago TT
|
10 March 1994
|
| Tunisia TN2
|
10 December 2001
|
| Turkey TR
|
1 January 1996
|
| Turkmenistan TM2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Uganda UG
|
9 February 1995
|
| Ukraine UA2
|
25 December 1991
|
| United Arab Emirates AE
|
10 March 1999
|
| United Kingdom GB
|
24 January 1978
|
| United Republic of Tanzania TZ
|
14 September 1999
|
| United States of America US7,8
|
24 January 1978
|
| Uzbekistan UZ2
|
25 December 1991
|
| Viet Nam VN
|
10 March 1993
|
| Zambia ZM
|
15 November 2001
|
| Zimbabwe ZW
|
11 June 1997
|
