Declaration dated March 21, 1995:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Austria is:
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten, Abt. Präs. 9, Stubenring 1, A-1011 Wien."
Declaration dated January 22, 2002:
"The Republic of Azerbaijan designates the Ministry of Culture as the competent authority in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5 of the Convention."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Albania is the National Film Centre:
Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë, Rruga : « Aleksandër Moisiu », nr 77, Tiranë, Albania, Tel./Fax.: 00355 4 2378005"
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Republic of Armenia declares that the competent authority mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Convention is the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs."
Declaration dated December 1, 2004:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Kingdom of Belgium declares that the following authorities are designated as the competent authorities, as mentioned in Article 5:
For the Flemish Community: Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Handelskaai 18/3, B-1000 Brussel;
For the French Community: Cinematographic and Audiovisual Center of the French Community of Belgium, Boulevard Léopold II, 44, B-1080 Bruxelles;
For the German-speaking Community: Government of the German-speaking Community, Klötzerbahn, 32, B-4700 Eupen"
Declaration dated July 27, 2001:
"Signature by Belgium of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production on 19 February 1998 –
Failure to mention that this signature is binding not only for the Kingdom of Belgium but for its constituents as well.
On 19 February 1998, the Permanent Representative of Belgium signed the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production on behalf of the Government of Belgium. At the time of this signature, the field of cinematographic production in Belgium, according to the Constitution, was of a mixed competence, in other words, both the Federal Government and the constituents of the Kingdom (Communities and Regions) share competences in this area. Accordingly, the signature by the Permanent Representative ought to have been followed by the indication that QUOTE "This signature is also binding for the French Community, the Flemish Community, the German-speaking Community, the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region and the Region of Bruxelles-Capital" UNQUOTE.
Failure to mention the above has caused the Belgian Council of State to refuse giving a favourable opinion to the draft decree expressing the consent to be bound by the aforementioned Convention, as long as Belgium will not have specified to its partners in the Council of Europe that the signature by the Government representative of the Kingdom of Belgium is also binding upon the constituents (Communities and Regions) of the Kingdom."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria declares that the National Film Center at the Ministry of Culture has been designated as the competent authority."
Declaration dated June 11, 2010:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, Bosnia and Herzegovina designates as competent authorities:
Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports, Obala Maka Dizdara br. 2, 71000 Sarajevo;
Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republika Srpska, ul. Kralja Petra l Karadjordjevica bb, 78000 Banka Luka"
Declaration made upon signature:
"In accordance with Article 5 of Chapter II of the Convention, the Ministry of Culture and Education is designated as competent authority mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 5."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Federal Republic of Germany declares that the:
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft, Frankfurter Str. 29-31, D-65760 ESCHBORN, shall be the authority to which application for co-production status shall be submitted."
Declaration dated August 9, 2002:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Greece is:
Ministry of Culture, Directorate General of Cultural Development, Cinematographic Department, 5 Metsovou Street, 106 82 Athens, GREECE"
Declaration dated May 16, 1995:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Denmark is:
Det Danske Filminstitut, Store Søndervoldstræde 4, DK-1419 Copenhagen K."
Declaration made upon signature and updated on March 12, 2009:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in respect of Ireland will be:
The Irish Film Board – An Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Queensgate, 23 Dock Road, Galway - Ireland, Telephone: +353 (0)91 561398, Fax: +353 (0)91 561405, e.mail: info@irishfilmboard.ie"
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Iceland is the Ministry of Culture and Education, Sólvhólsgata 4, 150 Reykjavík."
Declaration dated April 22, 1998:
"The Kingdom of Spain, in accordance with Article 5.5 of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production, declares that the Spanish competent authority with regard to Article 5.2, is the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales) and the Administrations of the Autonomous Communities in respect of co-producers who are established therein.
The Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts shall be in charge of communications with the competent authorities of the other Parties to the Convention."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"With regard to Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, Italy declares that the central authority is the "Presidenza del Consiglio - Dipartimento dello spettacolo - ROMA (Presidency of the Council - Department of entertainment - ROME)"."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of Chapter II of the Convention, the Ministry of Interior has been designated as the competent authority of the Republic of Cyprus for the performance of the provisions of the Convention."
Declaration dated June 7, 1995:
"As regards the authorities mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of Latvia has designated:
Latvian National Film Center, Smerla St., 3, LV-1006 Riga."
Declaration dated June 2, 2014:
"Lithuanian Film Center, Ministry of Culture of the Republic Lithuania, Z. Sierakausko st. 15, Vilnius, LT-03105 Littuania, Tel. +370 5 213 05 47, Fax. +370 5 213 07 53, e-mail: info@lkc.lt, web.: www.lkc.lt"
Declaration made upon ratification and complemented on November 22, 1999:
"In accordance with Article 20, the Republic of Lithuania reserves the right to fix a maximum participation share different from that laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1.a. which will be determined by national legislation."
Declaration dated September 18, 1996:
"As regards the authorities mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of Luxembourg has designated:
Le Centre national de l'Audiovisuel, 5, rue de Zoufftgen, L - 3598 Dudelange; Postal address: B.P. 105, L - 3402 Dudelange, Fax: + 352.52.06.55."
Declaration made upon signature:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of Malta designates as competent authority:
Ministry for Economic Services, Auberge d'Aragon, Valletta - MALTA, Tel.: 00.356.226.263-7, Fax: 00.356.248.390"
Declaration made upon acceptance:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5 of the Convention, the Kingdom of the Netherlands designates as competent authority:
de Stichting het Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Jan Luykenstraat 2, 1071 CM AMSTERDAM."
Reservation made upon approval:
"In accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, Norway reserves the right to fix a maximum participation share different from that laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1.a."
Declaration made upon approval:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Norway has designated the Norwegian Film Institute Norsk Filminstitutt) as the competent authority to approve applications for coproduction status."
Declarations made upon ratification:
1. "The Republic of Poland establishes the maximum participation share specified in Article 9, paragraph 1, letter a, in the amount of 40% of production costs."
2. "In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Republic of Poland declares that the competent authority is as follows:
Ministry of Culture, Krakowskie Przodmicscie 15/17, 00-071 WARSAW, Poland"
Declarations made upon ratification:
1. "In conformity with Article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the maximum participation share laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph a, is fixed at 30 %."
2. "With regard to Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the "Institut Portugais de l'Art Cinématographique et Audiovisuel (IPACA)" is designated as the national competent authority to determine applications for co-production status."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent national authority designated by Moldova is the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova."
Declaration dated May 5, 1994:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraphs 2 and 5, of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production, the Government of the Federation of Russia declares that the "State Committee of the Russian Federation for cinematography" - 7, M. Gnezdnikovski per., 103877 Moscow - shall be the authority to which applications for co-production status shall be submitted."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Romania is the:
Central National al Cinematografiei, Strasda Doberscu Demetru, nr. 4-6, Sector 1, Bucharest, Tel. 310.43.01, Fax: 310.43.00."
Declaration made upon ratification and updated on July 20, 2006:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Serbia and Montenegro designates as the authority for which co-production status application will be submitted, as follows:
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Vlajkoviceva 3, 11000 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Tel. + 381 11 33 98 172 - +381 11 33 98 416, Fax. + 381 11 33 98 936"
Declaration dated March 21, 1995:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in the Slovak Republic is:
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic / Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky, Dobrovicová 12, SK-813 31 Bratislava.
Requests to evaluate proposals of co-production can be sent by partner organs of other member States directly to the Section of Art and Literature of the Ministry of Culture which is responsible for cinematography."
Declaration dated December 9, 2003:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in the Republic of Slovenia is:
Slovenian Fim Fund, Miklošiceva 38, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA"
Declaration dated June 18, 2013:
"Department for Culture, Media and Sports, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Directorate General of Copyrights and Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey is designated as the competent authority."
Declaration dated November 13, 2013:
"According to paragraph 5 of Article 5 of the Convention, the Ukrainian State Film Agency is the competent authority for co-production status assignment."
Declaration made upon acceptance:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Finland is:
Ministry of Education, Meritullinkatu 10, P.O. Box 293, FIN-00171 HELSINKI, Tel.: + 358-0-134 171, Fax: + 358-0-1341 6986;
or if the Ministry of Education so authorises:
The Finnish Film Foundation, K 13, Kanavakatu 12, FIN-00160 HELSINKI, Tel.: + 358-0-622 0300, Fax: + 358-0-622 03050."
Declarations made upon ratification:
1. "In accordance with Article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Government of the French Republic declares that Article 2, paragraph 4, shall not apply to the bilateral co-production relations of France with any other Party to the Convention.
In accordance with Article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Government of the French Republic declares to reserve the right to admit to the benefit of this Convention the multilateral co-productions including one or more minority contributions which may be financial only and for which the maximum participation share is different from that laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1.a."
2. "In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of the French Republic designates as competent authority the:
Centre National de la Cinématographie, 12, rue de Lübeck, 75784 Paris Cedex 16."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of the Republic of Croatia designates the Ministry of Culture as competent authority (Ministartvo kulture – Runjaninova 2 – HR 10 000 Zagreb)."
Declaration made upon ratification and updated on October 13, 2006:
"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Montenegro designates as the authority for which co-production status application will be submitted:
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Montenegro, Njegoseva 2, 81000 Podgorica, Republic of Montenegro, Tel. + 381 81 22 41 64, Fax. + 381 81 22 41 64"
Declaration made upon signature:
"This is to declare that on the basis of the Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic as of January 17, 1996, No. 73, the State Fund for Promoting and Development of the Czech Cinematography of the Czech Republic is the competent national authority according to the Article 5, paragraph 5, of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production."
Declaration dated February 21, 1995:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Switzerland is:
Le Département fédéral de l'Intérieur, Office fédéral de la culture, Section du cinéma, CH-3003 Berne."
Declaration dated March 30, 1995:
"In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority designated by the Government of Sweden is:
Svenska Filminstitutet, Box 27126, S-102 52 Stockholm."
Declaration made upon signature:
"In accordance with the provisions of the Article 5, paragraph 5, the Republic of Estonia declares at the signing of the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production that the competent authority mentioned in Article 5, paragraph 2 of the Convention shall be the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia."