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What's new close to you
Liechtenstein

Signature of the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health [28/10/2011]
Signature and ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data [28/01/2010]
Declaration of provisional application of Protocol No. 14bis to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [24/08/2009]

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