UNIDROIT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL FACTORING
Adoption: Place: Ottawa
Date: 28.05.88
Entry into force: 01.05.95 (art. 14.1)
Contracting States: 9
Depositary: Government of Canada (art. 23.1)
| State | Signature | RT / AS | EIF | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 21.12.1990 | RT | 18.03.2010 | 01.10.2010 | Art. 18 |
| Czech Rep. | 16.05.1990 | – | – | – | – |
| Finland | 30.11.1990 | – | – | – | – |
| France | 07.11.1989 | RT | 23.09.1991 | 01.05.1995 | Art. 18 |
| Germany | 21.12.1990 | RT | 20.05.1998 | 01.12.1998 | – |
| Ghana | 28.05.1988 | – | – | – | – |
| Guinea | 28.05.1988 | – | – | – | – |
| Hungary | – | AS | 07.05.1996 | 01.12.1996 | – |
| Italy | 13.12.1990 | RT | 29.11.1993 | 01.05.1995 | – |
| Latvia | – | AS | 06.08.1997 | 01.03.1998 | Art. 18 |
| Morocco | 04.07.1988 | – | – | – | – |
| Nigeria | 28.05.1988 | RT | 25.10.1994 | 01.05.1995 | – |
| Philippines | 28.05.1988 | – | – | – | – |
| Russian Federation | – | AS | 22.08.2014 | 01.03.2015 | – |
| Slovak Rep. | 16.05.1990 | – | – | – | – |
| Tanzania | 28.05.1988 | – | – | – | – |
| Ukraine | – | AS | 05.12.2006 | 01.07.2007 | – |
| United Kingdom | 31.12.1990 | – | – | – | – |
| United States of America | 28.12.1990 | – | – | – | – |
rofessor Ignacio Tirado was appointed Secretary-General by the Governing Council at its 97th session, and officially took office on 27 August 2018. A national of Spain, Professor Tirado (Commercial, Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain) holds a PhD from the Universities of Bologna and Autónoma de Madrid and an LLM from the University of London. Professor Tirado has been a Senior Legal Consultant at the World Bank’s Legal Vice-Presidency and Financial Sector Practice for more than nine years, having also consulted for the IMF on insolvency related matters as well as for the Asian Development Bank on commercial legal reform.