- London Protocol
London Protocol is a name used to describe several different documents.
1829
On
22 March 1829 , a conference of ambassadors of the threeprotecting power s (Britain,France and Russia) established the borders ofGreece , which was to encompass all lands south of the line running from theAmbracian Gulf to thePagasetic Gulf , includingNegroponte (Euboea ) and theCyclades but notCrete . Greece was, however, to remain an autonomous tributary state under a prince that would explicitly not belong to the ruling families of the three powers. A further conference in London on30 November of the same year decided that Greece should instead be given full independence, but its borders were moved back to theAspropotamos River-Maliac Gulf line. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/67/1277.html Encyclopedia of World History 2001] ]1830
On
February 3 ,1830 , thesovereignty ofGreece was confirmed in a London Protocol. [ [http://www.mfa.gr/NR/rdonlyres/E1DA0D5F-5493-4BF4-8FD3-D5CD6C6BB96C/0/1830_london_protocol.doc London Protocol 1830] ]1832
On
August 30 ,1832 , a London Protocol was signed to ratify and reiterate the terms of the Treaty of Constantinople.1852
On
May 8 ,1852 , after theFirst War of Schleswig , another London Protocol was signed. The international treaty that became known as the "London Protocol" was the revision of an earlier protocol, which had been ratified onAugust 2 ,1850 , by the major Germanic powers of Austria and Prussia. The second, actual London Protocol was recognized by the five major European powers (Austria ,France ,Prussia ,Russia , and theUnited Kingdom ), as well as the two major Baltic Sea powers ofDenmark andSweden .The Protocol affirmed the integrity of the Danish federation as a "European necessity and standing principle". Accordingly, the duchies of
Schleswig (a Danish fief), andHolstein and Lauenburg (German fiefs) were joined bypersonal union with the Kingdom of Denmark. However,Frederick VII of Denmark was childless, so a change in dynasty was imminent and the lines of succession for the duchies and Denmark conflicted. That meant that, contrary to the Protocol, the new King of Denmark would not also be the new duke of Holstein and duke of Lauenburg. So for this purpose, the line of succession to the duchies was modified. Further, it was affirmed that the duchies were to remain as independent entities, and that Schleswig would have no greater constitutional affinity to Denmark than Holstein. Frederick VII died a mere three days after the protocol was signed, but his successor Christian IX confirmed the protocol. [Harvnb|Holt|1917|p=75.]The major powers primarily wanted to ensure, by guaranteeing Denmark's territorial integrity, that the strategically significant port of
Kiel would not fall into Prussian hands.fact|date=August 2008 Eleven years later, this treaty became the trigger for the German–Danish war of 1864. Prussia and Austria declared Denmark in violation of the Protocol, by the November Constitution, which Christian IX of Denmark signed onNovember 18 1863 . [Harvnb|Holt|1917|p=75–76.]1877
The London Protocol was signed on
March 21 ,1877 between Russia and the United Kingdom. The Russians agreed not to establish any client states in case they attained victory in the looming Russo–Turkish War. In return, the British agreed to remain neutral in any conflict between theOttoman Empire and Russia. The agreement was an effort to maintain a balance of power in theBalkans and to avoid intervention by the otherGreat Powers . Russian attempts to create a largeBulgaria in theTreaty of San Stefano led to the British withdrawal from the Protocol and threatened military intervention, quieted only by theCongress of Berlin .1944
In the London Protocol signed on
September 12 ,1944 , theAllies of World War II (then without France) agreed on dividingGermany into three occupation zones after the war.2000
The London Protocol is also an alternative name for the
London Agreement (2000) between certain contracting States to theEuropean Patent Convention , aiming to reduce the number of translations required of granted European patents. [ [http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legislative-initiatives/london-agreement.html European Patent Office Website] ]Notes
References
* citation
last= Holt
first= Lucius Hudson
last2= Chilton
first=Alexander Wheeler
year=1917
title=The History of Europe from 1862 to 1914: From the Accession of Bismarck to the Outbreak of the Great War
publisher=Macmillan. Accessed [http://books.google.com/books?id=RdoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 online] atGoogle Books .
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