text: 21January 1988 20 March 1980 27 November 1978 6June1986Entryintoforce 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 1March1990 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 1August 1988 Signatures only:9;ratifications andaccessions: 11 Declarations andreservations 1/Uponsignature Norwaydeclared, andconfirmed uponratification, thatin accordance witharticle 34theConvention wouldnotgoverncontracts ofsalewherethe sellerandthebuyerbothhadtheirrelevant placesofbusiness withintheterritories oftheNordicStates(i.e.Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland andSweden).•A/CN.9/337 English Page3 2.Protocol amending theConvention ontheLimitation Periodinthe International SaleofGoods(Vienna, 1980) State Accession Entryintoforce Argentina 19July1983 1August 1988 Czechoslovakia 1/ 5March1990 1October 1990 Egypt 6December 1982 1August 1988 GermanDemocratic Republic 31August 1989 1March1990 Hungary 16June1983 1August 1988 Mexico 21January 1988 1August 1988 Zambia 6June1986 1August 1988 Inaccordance witharticles XIandXIVoftheProtocol, theContracting States totheProtocol areconsidered tobeContracting Parties totheConvention onthe Limitation PeriodintheInternational SaleofGoodsasamended bytheProtocol in relation tooneanother andContracting Parties totheConvention, unamended, in relation tothefourContracting Parties totheConvention notyetaContracting PartytotheProtocol, i.e.Dominican Republic, Ghana, Norway andYugoslavia. Declarations andreservations 1/Uponaccession, Czechoslovakia declared that,pursuant toArticle XII,it didnotconsider itselfboundbyArticle I. 3.UnitedNations Convention ontheCarriage ofGoods by Sea,1978(Hamburg) Austria Barbados Botswana Brazil Burkina Faso Chile Czechoslovakia 1/ Denmark Ecuador Egypt Finland France Germany, Federal Rep.of Ghana HolySee Hungary Kenya Lebanon Lesotho Madagascar Mexico Morocco Nigeria NorwaySignature 30April1979 31March1978 31March1978 6March1979 18April1979 31March1978 31March1978 18April1979 18April1979 31March1978 31March1978 31March1978 23April1979 31March1978 31March1978 18April1979Ratification Accession 2February 1981 16February 1988 14August 1989 9July1982 23April1979 5July1984 31July1989 4April1983 26October 1989 12June1981 7 November 1988EntryintoforceA/CN.91337 English Page4 Pakistan Panama Philippines Portugal Romania Senegal SierraLeone Singapore Sweden Tunisia Ug4nda United Rep.ofTanzania UnitedStatesofAmerica Venezuela ZaireSignature 8March1979 31March1978 14June1978 31March1978 31March1978 15August 1978 31March1978 18April1979 30April1979 31 March 1978 19April1979Ratification Accession 7January 1982 17March1986 7October 1988 15September 1980 6July1979 24July1979Entryintoforce Signatures only:22;ratifications andaccessions: 17 Ratifications andaccessions necessary tobringtheConvention intoforce:20 Declarations andreservations 1/Uponsigning theConvention theCzechoslovak Socialist Republic declared in accordance witharticle 26 aformula forconverting theamounts ofliability referred toinparagraph 2ofthatarticle intotheCzechoslovak currency andtheamountofthe limitsofliability tobeapplied intheterritory oftheCzechoslovak Socialist Republic asexpressed intheCzechoslovak currency. 4.UnitedNations Convention onContracts fortheInternational SaleofGoods (Vienna, 1980)
analysis: The text appears to be a collection of international agreements and conventions related to trade and commerce. It includes information on the entry into force, signatures, ratifications, and accessions of various countries to international treaties. The text also mentions declarations and reservations made by certain countries. Given the focus on international trade and commerce, it is likely that the text is related to the development of international economic relations and the regulation of trade.