---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 96.17"
title: "22"
number: "96.17"
heading: "Effective date of accreditation and approval requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/96.17"
---

# §96.17. Effective date of accreditation and approval requirements.


The Convention entered into force for the United States on April 1, 2008. As of that date, the regulations in [subpart C](/cfr/22/subpartC.md) of this part govern Convention adoptions between the United States and Convention countries, and require agencies or persons providing adoption services on behalf of prospective adoptive parent(s) to comply with [§ 96.12](/cfr/22/96.12.md) and applicable Federal regulations. The Secretary maintains for the public a current listing of Convention countries. The effective date of the UAA is July 14, 2014. As of that date, consistent with the UAA, the regulations in [subpart C](/cfr/22/subpartC.md) of this part will govern adoptions of children described in INA [§ 101(b)(1)(F)](/cfr/22/101.md?p=b-1-F), and will require agencies or persons providing adoption services on behalf of prospective adoptive parent(s) in connection with a child described in [section 101(b)(1)(F)](/cfr/22/101.md?p=b-1-F) to comply with [§ 96.12](/cfr/22/96.12.md) and applicable Federal regulations.


## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 40634, July 14, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954; The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, Pub. L. 112-276, 42 U.S.C. 14925.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 8131, Feb. 15, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 40634, July 14, 2014]