Albania

1 January 2001

Andorra

1 December 1998

Austria

1 September 1999

Bolivia

1 July 2002

Brazil

1 July 1999

Bulgaria

1 September 2002

Burkina Faso

1 December 1998

Burundi

1 February 1999

Canada — in relation only to the following Provinces and Territories:

(a) Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory

1 December 1998

(b) Northwest Territories

1 April 2000

(c) Nova Scotia

1 October 1999

(d) Nunavut

1 September 2001

(e) Ontario

1 December 1999

Chile

1 November 1999

Colombia

1 December 1998

Costa Rica

1 December 1998

Cyprus

1 December 1998

Czech Republic

1 June 2000

Denmark (other than Faroe Islands and Greenland)

1 December 1998

Ecuador

1 December 1998

El Salvador

1 March 1999

Estonia

1 June 2002

Finland

1 December 1998

France (other than the overseas territories)

1 December 1998

Georgia

1 August 1999

Germany

1 March 2002

Iceland

15 August 2000

Israel

1 June 1999

Italy

1 May 2000

Latvia

1 December 2002

Lithuania

1 December 1998

Luxembourg

1 November 2002

Mauritius

1 January 1999

Mexico

1 December 1998

Moldova

1 December 1998

Monaco

1 October 1999

Mongolia

30 November 2000

Netherlands

1 December 1998

New Zealand

1 January 1999

Norway

1 December 1998

Panama

1 January 2000

Paraguay

1 December 1998

Peru

1 December 1998

Philippines

1 December 1998

Poland

1 December 1998

Romania

1 December 1998

Slovakia

1 October 2001

Slovenia

1 May 2002

Spain

1 December 1998

Sri Lanka

1 December 1998

Sweden

1 December 1998

Switzerland

1 January 2003

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — extended to the following territory:

1 June 2003

(a) the Isle of Man

1 November 2003

Venezuela

1 December 1998