Switzerland has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (MEDICRIME).
The Convention will enter into force concerning Switzerland on 1st February 2019. Switzerland is the 11th Member State of the Council of Europe to have ratified the MEDICRIME Convention.
The number of Parties to this treaty thus increases to 14. An another 14 States are signatories and 2 States have been invited to accede.