Participant	Action	Date of Notification/Deposit	Date of Effect
Albania	Ratification	28/09/1999	01/01/2000
Armenia	Ratification	20/07/1998	01/11/1998
Austria	Ratification	31/03/1998	01/07/1998
Azerbaijan	Accession	26/06/2000	01/10/2000
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Accession	24/02/2000	01/06/2000
Bulgaria	Ratification	07/05/1999	01/09/1999
Croatia	Ratification	11/10/1997	01/02/1998
Cyprus	Ratification	04/06/1996	01/02/1998
Czech Republic	Ratification	18/12/1997	01/04/1998
Denmark	Ratification	22/09/1997	01/02/1998
Estonia	Ratification	06/01/1997	01/02/1998
Finland	Ratification	03/10/1997	01/02/1998
Georgia	Ratification	22/12/2005	01/04/2006
Germany	Ratification	10/09/1997	01/02/1998
Hungary	Ratification	25/09/1995	01/02/1998
Ireland	Ratification	07/05/1999	01/09/1999
Italy	Ratification	03/11/1997	01/03/1998
Latvia	Ratification	06/06/2005	01/10/2005
Liechtenstein	Ratification	18/11/1997	01/03/1998
Lithuania	Ratification	23/03/2000	01/07/2000
Malta	Ratification	10/02/1998	01/06/1998
Netherlands	Acceptance	16/02/2005	01/06/2005
Norway	Ratification	17/03/1999	01/07/1999
Poland	Ratification	20/12/2000	01/04/2001
Portugal	Ratification	07/05/2002	01/09/2002
Republic of Moldova	Ratification	20/11/1996	01/02/1998
Romania	Ratification	11/05/1995	01/02/1998
Russian Federation	Ratification	21/08/1998	01/12/1998
San Marino	Ratification	05/12/1996	01/02/1998
Slovakia	Ratification	14/09/1995	01/02/1998
Slovenia	Ratification	25/03/1998	01/07/1998
Spain	Ratification	01/09/1995	01/02/1998
Sweden	Ratification	09/02/2000	01/06/2000
Switzerland	Ratification	21/10/1998	01/02/1999
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Ratification	10/04/1997	01/02/1998
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Declaration	02/06/2004	02/06/2004
Ukraine	Ratification	26/01/1998	01/05/1998
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Ratification	15/01/1998	01/05/1998