---
titel: Protocol bij het Verdrag inzake de permanente neutraliteit en exploitatie van
  het Panamakanaal
bwb_id: BWBV0004939
type: verdrag
status: geldend
datum_inwerkingtreding: '1985-04-03'
bron: https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBV0004939
citeertitel: Protocol bij het Verdrag inzake de permanente neutraliteit en exploitatie
  van het Panamakanaal
---

# Protocol bij het Verdrag inzake de permanente neutraliteit en exploitatie van het Panamakanaal

### Artikel I

The Contracting Parties hereby acknowledge the regime of permanent neutrality for the Canal established in the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal and associate themselves with its objectives.

### Artikel II

The Contracting Parties agree to observe and respect the regime of permanent neutrality of the Canal in time of war as in time of peace, and to ensure that vessels of their registry strictly observe the applicable rules.

### Artikel III

This Protocol shall be open to accession by all states of the world, and shall enter into force for each State at the time of deposit of its instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.