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Contracting Parties/Signatories	Signature	Instrument	In Force	Details
Albania		Accession : June 16, 2009	October 8, 2009
Armenia	May 21, 2003
Austria	May 21, 2003	Ratification : March 23, 2010	June 21, 2010
Belgium	May 21, 2003	Ratification : March 12, 2009	October 8, 2009	Details
Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 21, 2003
Bulgaria	May 21, 2003	Ratification : January 15, 2010	April 15, 2010
Croatia	May 23, 2003	Ratification : July 14, 2008	October 8, 2009
Cyprus	May 21, 2003	Ratification : November 5, 2012	February 3, 2013
Czech Republic	May 21, 2003	Ratification : August 12, 2009	November 10, 2009
Denmark	May 21, 2003	Ratification : October 13, 2008	October 8, 2009	Details
Estonia	May 21, 2003	Approval : August 15, 2007	October 8, 2009
European Union (EU)	May 21, 2003	Approval : February 21, 2006	October 8, 2009	Details
Finland	May 21, 2003	Acceptance : April 21, 2009	October 8, 2009
France	May 21, 2003	Approval : July 10, 2009	October 8, 2009	Details
Georgia	May 21, 2003
Germany	May 21, 2003	Ratification : August 28, 2007	October 8, 2009
Greece	May 21, 2003
Hungary	May 21, 2003	Ratification : July 13, 2009	October 11, 2009
Ireland	May 21, 2003	Ratification : June 20, 2012	September 18, 2012
Israel		Accession : January 14, 2013	April 14, 2013	Details
Italy	May 21, 2003	Ratification : November 23, 2020	February 21, 2021
Kazakhstan		Accession : January 24, 2020	April 23, 2020
Latvia	May 21, 2003	Ratification : April 24, 2008	October 8, 2009
Lithuania	May 21, 2003	Ratification : March 5, 2009	October 8, 2009
Luxembourg	May 21, 2003	Ratification : February 7, 2006	October 8, 2009
Malta		Accession : May 20, 2016	August 18, 2016
Montenegro	October 23, 2006	Ratification : October 11, 2017	January 9, 2018	Details
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	May 21, 2003	Acceptance : February 11, 2008	October 8, 2009
North Macedonia	May 21, 2003	Ratification : November 2, 2010	January 31, 2011
Norway	May 21, 2003	Approval : June 27, 2008	October 8, 2009
Poland	May 21, 2003	Ratification : September 25, 2012	December 24, 2012
Portugal	May 21, 2003	Ratification : October 8, 2009	January 6, 2010
Republic of Moldova	May 21, 2003	Ratification : December 23, 2013	March 23, 2014
Romania	May 21, 2003	Ratification : August 26, 2009	November 24, 2009
Serbia	May 21, 2003	Ratification : November 23, 2011	February 21, 2012	Details
Slovakia		Accession : April 1, 2008	October 8, 2009
Slovenia	May 22, 2003	Ratification : April 23, 2010	July 22, 2010
Spain	May 21, 2003	Ratification : September 24, 2009	December 23, 2009
Sweden	May 21, 2003	Ratification : October 15, 2008	October 8, 2009
Switzerland	May 21, 2003	Ratification : April 27, 2007	October 8, 2009
Tajikistan	May 21, 2003
Ukraine	May 21, 2003	Ratification : May 2, 2016	July 31, 2016
United Kingdom	May 21, 2003	Ratification : July 31, 2009	October 29, 2009

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