The Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in
Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Mining, Agricultural and
Construction Equipment (the "MAC
Protocol") was adopted on November 22, 2019, in
Pretoria, South Africa by all signatory nations (the
"Contracting States").1
The MAC Protocol is an extension of the Convention on
International Interests in Mobile Equipment (the
"Cape Town Convention") and both
instruments must be applied together.2 All declarations made by
a Contracting State under the Cape Town Convention are deemed to be
subject to the MAC Protocol.3 However, a Contracting
State may choose, using its instrument of accession/ratification,
to modify existing declarations under the Cape Town Convention
specifically for their application under the MAC Protocol.4