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www.coe.int/pharmacrime
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The Group of Specialists on
Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products (PC-S-CP) was set up by decision of the
Committee of Ministers. On 23 April 2008 the PC-S-CP produced a report on the
feasibility of an international legal instrument in the field of counterfeiting
of medical products and similar crimes.
The revised terms of reference
of the Group responsible for drafting this new legal instrument were adopted by
the Ministers’ Deputies at their 1031st meeting (2 July 2008). The group
(composed of 11 specialists and with participation from the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe, as well as a number of Member States’
delegations as observers) held a series of six meetings in Strasbourg to prepare
the draft Convention on Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products and Similar Crimes
Involving Threats to Public Health. The last meeting, at which a draft text of
the Convention was adopted, took place on 2 – 4 February 2009. The terms of
reference of the PC-S-CP expired on 28 February 2009.
A new plenary committee
(PC-ISP) with the participation of all Member States, Observers and other
International Organisations has been created to negotiate and finalise the
Convention.
The specific terms of reference
of the PC-ISP were adopted by the Ministers’ Deputies at their 1031st meeting (2
July 2008). These terms of reference will expire on 31 December 2009. Two
negotiating sessions are foreseen in total. The Convention is expected to be
opened for signature in 2010.
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