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UK treaty actions: November 2015 to February 2016
Updated 21 July 2016
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| Region | UK Treaty Actions November 2015 - February 2016 |
|---|---|
| Africa | Algeria – Double Taxation Convention. UK notified Algeria of its completion of procedures on 17 November 2015. Not yet in force. HMRC lead. |
| Africa | Kenya - Agreement Concerning Defence Cooperation signed in Nairobi on 9 December 2015 subject to the mutual notification of completion of procedures. MOD lead. |
| Africa | South Africa – Exchange of Notes to amend the Film Co-production Agreement laid before Parliament on 27 November 2015. DCMS lead. |
| Africa | Senegal – Double Taxation Convention. UK notified Senegal of its completion of procedures on 17 November 2015. Not yet in force. HMRC lead. |
| Americas | Barbados – Agreement concerning Air Services signed in Bridgetown on 9 February 2016. Entered into force on signature. DfT lead. |
| Americas | Canada – Exchange of Notes concerning the Double Taxation Convention. UK notified Canada of its completion of procedures on 14 December 2015. Not yet in force. HMRC lead. |
| Americas | Uruguay – Double Taxation Convention signed in Montevideo on 24 Feb 2016 subject to the mutual notification of completion of procedures. HMRC lead. |
| Asia/Pacific | China – Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters entered into force on 15 January 2016. |
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Kazakhstan – Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters laid before Parliament on 6 January 2016. Home Office lead. |
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | Kosovo –Double Taxation Convention entered into force on 16 December 2015. |
| Europe | Belgium - Exchange of Letters amending the Agreement relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf under the North Sea entered into force on 12 February 2016. |
| Europe | Bulgaria – Double Taxation Convention entered into force on 15 December 2016. |
| Europe | France – Agreement concerning Centres of Excellence Implemented as part of the “One Complex Weapons” Sector Strategy. UK notified France of its completion of procedures on 23 February 2016. Not yet in force. MOD lead. |
| Europe | Germany – Protocol amending the Double Taxation Convention entered into force on 29 December 2015. |
| Europe | Luxembourg –Agreement on the Protection of Classified Information laid before Parliament on 2 February 2016. Cabinet Office lead. |
| Europe | Spain – Agreement concerning the Protection of Classified Information entered into force on 1 January 2016. |
| Europe | Turkey - Agreement concerning the Protection of Defence Classified Information signed in Ankara on 25 February 2016 subject to the mutual notification of completion of procedures. MOD lead. |
| Middle East and North Africa | Iraq – Agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons laid before Parliament on 26 January 2016. NOMs lead. |
| South Asia and Afghanistan | No treaty actions during this period. |
| Multilateral Agreements | China - Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ratified by the UK on 3 December 2015 and entered into force on 25 December 2015. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Russia – Protocol of accession of the Russian Federation to the Convention of 16 December 1988 concerning the Construction and Operation of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. UK notified the French Government (Depositary) of its completion of procedures on 7 December 2015. Not yet in force. BIS lead. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a new Settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union adopted on 19 February and registered with the UN on 24 February. Cabinet Office lead. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Swiss Confederation on the European Satellite Navigation Programmes laid before Parliament on 2 February 2016. UK Space Agency, BIS lead. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ratified by the UK on 22 February 2016. Entry into force for the UK will be on 22 May 2016. Defra lead. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 ratified by the UK on 22 January 2016. Entry into force for the UK will be on 22 January 2017. Home Office lead. |
| Multilateral Agreements | Fifth Protocol to the Convention between the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom on the Construction and Operation of a Very High Neutron Flux Reactor entered into force on 1 November 2015. |