Benin 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 Benin on 1st of September 2018. Benin is the 3rd non Member State of the Council of Europe to have ratified the MEDICRIME Convention.

The number of Parties to this treaty thus increases to 13. An another 15 States are signatories and 2 States have been invited to accede.