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Declaration made upon accession:
"In accordance with the terms of article I, paragraph 3, [the Convention] shall have effect only as regards the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made by another Contracting State and [it] shall be valid only with respect to commercial relationships."

At the time of acceding to the Convention the Government of Denmark declared, in accordance with article X (1), that it would not apply for the time being to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
In a communication received on November 12, 1975, the Government of Denmark declared that it had withdrawn the above-mentioned declaration, this decision to take effect on January 1, 1976.
In a further communication received on January 5, 1978, the Government of Denmark confirmed that the communication received by the Secretary-General on November 12, 1975 should be considered as having taken effect from February 10, 1976, in accordance with article X (2), it being understood that the Convention was applied de facto to the Faroe Islands and Greenland from January 1 to February 9, 1976.