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Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Signature	26/02/1991
Albania	Ratification	04/10/1991	10/09/1997
Armenia	Accession	21/02/1997	10/09/1997
Austria	Signature	26/02/1991
Austria	Ratification	27/07/1994	10/09/1997
Azerbaijan	Accession	25/03/1999	23/06/1999
Belarus	Signature	26/02/1991
Belarus	Acceptance	10/11/2005	08/02/2006
Belgium	Signature	26/02/1991
Belgium	Ratification	02/07/1999	30/09/1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Accession	14/12/2009	14/03/2010
Bulgaria	Signature	26/02/1991
Bulgaria	Ratification	12/05/1995	10/09/1997
Canada	Communication	21/01/2000
Canada	Signature	26/02/1991
Canada	Ratification	13/05/1998	11/08/1998
Croatia	Accession	08/07/1996	10/09/1997
Cyprus	Accession	20/07/2000	18/10/2000
Czech Republic	Succession to signature	30/09/1993
Czech Republic	Ratification	26/02/2001	27/05/2001
Czechoslovakia	Signature	30/08/1991
Denmark	Signature	26/02/1991
Denmark	Approval	14/03/1997	10/09/1997
Denmark	Communication	12/12/2001	14/03/1997
Estonia	Accession	25/04/2001	24/07/2001
European Community	Signature	26/02/1991
European Community	Approval	24/06/1997	22/09/1997
Finland	Communication	28/05/1999
Finland	Signature	26/02/1991
Finland	Acceptance	10/08/1995	10/09/1997
France	Communication	08/06/1999
France	Territorial exclusion	15/06/2001
France	Signature	26/02/1991
France	Approval	15/06/2001	13/09/2001
Germany	Signature	26/02/1991
Germany	Ratification	08/08/2002	06/11/2002
Greece	Signature	26/02/1991
Greece	Ratification	24/02/1998	25/05/1998
Hungary	Ratification	11/07/1997
Hungary	Signature	26/02/1991
Iceland	Signature	26/02/1991
Ireland	Communication	25/07/2002
Ireland	Signature	27/02/1991
Ireland	Ratification	25/07/2002	23/10/2002
Italy	Signature	26/02/1991
Italy	Communication	01/06/1999
Italy	Ratification	19/01/1995	10/09/1997
Kazakhstan	Accession	11/01/2001	11/04/2001
Kyrgyzstan	Accession	01/05/2001	30/07/2001
Latvia	Accession	31/08/1998	29/11/1998
Liechtenstein	Accession	09/07/1998	07/10/1998
Lithuania	Accession	11/01/2001	11/04/2001
Luxembourg	Signature	26/02/1991
Luxembourg	Communication	20/08/1999
Luxembourg	Ratification	29/08/1995	10/09/1997
Malta	Accession	20/10/2010	18/01/2011
Montenegro	Accession	09/07/2009	07/10/2009
Netherlands	Signature	25/02/1991
Netherlands	Acceptance	28/02/1995	10/09/1997
Norway	Communication	28/07/1999
Norway	Signature	25/02/1991
Norway	Ratification	23/06/1993	10/09/1997
Poland	Signature	26/02/1991
Poland	Ratification	12/06/1997	10/09/1997
Portugal	Signature	26/02/1991
Portugal	Ratification	06/04/2000	05/07/2000
Republic of Moldova	Accession	04/01/1994	10/09/1997
Romania	Signature	26/02/1991
Romania	Ratification	29/03/2001	27/06/2001
Russian Federation	Signature	06/06/1991
Serbia	Accession	18/12/2007	17/03/2008
Slovakia	Succession to signature	28/05/1993
Slovakia	Ratification	19/11/1999	17/02/2000
Slovenia	Accession	05/08/1998	03/11/1998
Spain	Objection	12/05/1999
Spain	Signature	26/02/1991
Spain	Ratification	10/09/1992	10/09/1997
Sweden	Objection	26/05/1999
Sweden	Signature	26/02/1991
Sweden	Ratification	24/01/1992	10/09/1997
Switzerland	Accession	16/09/1996	10/09/1997
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Accession	31/08/1999	29/11/1999
Ukraine	Signature	26/02/1991
Ukraine	Ratification	20/07/1999	18/10/1999
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Signature	26/02/1991
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ratification	10/10/1997	08/01/1998
United States of America	Signature	26/02/1991