Finland ratified the Rome Convention on June 26th, 2006 and started its application on September 1st, while for Luxembourg, Estonia, Austria, Cyprus and Germany, who ratified the text last summer, the Convention is applicable from October 1st and November 1st, 2006.
More recent ratifications of Greece and Lithuania will enter into force respectively on December 1st, 2006 and on February 1st, 2007.
As a consequence of the independence from Serbia, established with a referendum held on 21st May, 2006, the Republic of Montenegro became party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award on October 23rd, 2006.
Also the United Arab Emirates signed the Convention on August 21st, 2006, that entered into force last November 19th.
The updated status of both Conventions and much more is available in the Convention Section of the website.