Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Accession	02/12/2005	02/03/2006
Armenia	Accession	21/02/1997	22/05/1997
Austria	Signature	13/11/1979
Austria	Ratification	16/12/1982	16/03/1983
Azerbaijan	Accession	03/07/2002	01/10/2002
Belgium	Signature	13/11/1979
Belgium	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Succession	01/09/1993	06/03/1992
Bulgaria	Signature	14/11/1979
Bulgaria	Ratification	09/06/1981	16/03/1983
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	14/11/1979
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	13/06/1980	16/03/1983
Canada	Signature	13/11/1979
Canada	Ratification	15/12/1981	16/03/1983
Croatia	Succession	21/09/1992	08/10/1991
Cyprus	Accession	20/11/1991	18/02/1992
Czech Republic	Succession	30/09/1993	01/01/1993
Czechoslovakia	Signature	13/11/1979
Czechoslovakia	Ratification	23/12/1983	22/03/1984
Denmark	Signature	14/11/1979
Denmark	Ratification	18/06/1982	16/03/1983
Estonia	Accession	07/03/2000	05/06/2000
European Economic Community	Signature	14/11/1979
European Economic Community	Approval	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Federal Republic of Germany	Declaration	13/06/1984
Federal Republic of Germany	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Finland	Signature	13/11/1979
Finland	Ratification	15/04/1981	16/03/1983
France	Declaration	28/07/1986
France	Declaration	18/10/1985
France	Signature	13/11/1979
France	Declaration	27/04/1984
France	Approval	03/11/1981	16/03/1983
Georgia	Accession	11/02/1999	12/05/1999
German Democratic Republic	Declaration	28/07/1983
German Democratic Republic	Ratification	07/06/1982	16/03/1983
Germany	Signature	13/11/1979
Greece	Signature	14/11/1979
Greece	Ratification	30/08/1983	28/11/1983
Holy See	Signature	14/11/1979
Hungary	Signature	13/11/1979
Hungary	Ratification	22/09/1980	16/03/1983
Iceland	Signature	13/11/1979
Iceland	Ratification	05/05/1983	03/08/1983
Ireland	Signature	13/11/1979
Ireland	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Italy	Signature	14/11/1979
Italy	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Kazakhstan	Accession	11/01/2001	11/04/2001
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	25/05/2000	23/08/2000
Latvia	Accession	15/07/1994	13/10/1994
Liechtenstein	Signature	14/11/1979
Liechtenstein	Ratification	22/11/1983	20/02/1984
Lithuania	Accession	25/01/1994	25/04/1994
Luxembourg	Signature	13/11/1979
Luxembourg	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Malta	Accession	14/03/1997	12/06/1997
Monaco	Accession	27/08/1999	25/11/1999
Montenegro	Succession	23/10/2006	03/06/2006
Netherlands	Signature	13/11/1979
Netherlands	Acceptance	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
Norway	Signature	13/11/1979
Norway	Ratification	13/02/1981	16/03/1983
Poland	Signature	13/11/1979
Poland	Declaration	19/07/1985
Poland	Ratification	19/07/1985	17/10/1985
Portugal	Signature	14/11/1979
Portugal	Ratification	29/09/1980	16/03/1983
Republic of Moldova	Accession	09/06/1995	07/09/1995
Romania	Signature	14/11/1979
Romania	Ratification	27/02/1991	28/05/1991
San Marino	Signature	14/11/1979
Slovakia	Succession	28/05/1993	01/01/1993
Slovenia	Succession	06/07/1992	25/06/1991
Spain	Signature	14/11/1979
Spain	Ratification	15/06/1982	16/03/1983
Sweden	Signature	13/11/1979
Sweden	Ratification	12/02/1981	16/03/1983
Switzerland	Signature	13/11/1979
Switzerland	Ratification	06/05/1983	04/08/1983
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Succession	30/12/1997	17/11/1991
Turkey	Signature	13/11/1979
Turkey	Ratification	18/04/1983	17/07/1983
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Signature	14/11/1979
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	Ratification	05/06/1980	16/03/1983
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Declaration	02/12/1985
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Signature	13/11/1979
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Declaration	20/04/1983
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Ratification	22/05/1980	16/03/1983
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	28/07/1986
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	18/10/1985
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Declaration	27/04/1984
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Signature	13/11/1979
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ratification	15/07/1982	16/03/1983
United States of America	Declaration	28/07/1986
United States of America	Declaration	18/10/1985
United States of America	Declaration	27/04/1984
United States of America	Signature	13/11/1979
United States of America	Acceptance	30/11/1981	16/03/1983
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)	Succession	12/03/2001	27/04/1992
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Signature	13/11/1979
Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)	Ratification	18/03/1987	16/06/1987