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Chart of signatures and ratifications of Treaty 164

Title	Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Reference	ETS No.164
Opening of the treaty	Oviedo, 04/04/1997  - Treaty open for signature by the member States, the non-member States which have participated in its elaboration and by the European Union, and for accession by other non-member States
Entry into Force	01/12/1999  - 5 Ratifications including 4 member States.

Members of Council of Europe
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
Albania	30/03/2011	30/03/2011	01/07/2011
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	16/12/2005	11/05/2007	01/09/2007
Bulgaria	31/05/2001	23/04/2003	01/08/2003
Croatia	07/05/1999	28/11/2003	01/03/2004		R.
Cyprus	30/09/1998	20/03/2002	01/07/2002
Czech Republic	24/06/1998	22/06/2001	01/10/2001
Denmark	04/04/1997	10/08/1999	01/12/1999		R.	D.		T.
Estonia	04/04/1997	08/02/2002	01/06/2002
Finland	04/04/1997	30/11/2009	01/03/2010
France	04/04/1997	13/12/2011	01/04/2012		R.
Georgia	11/05/2000	22/11/2000	01/03/2001
Germany
Greece	04/04/1997	06/10/1998	01/12/1999
Hungary	07/05/1999	09/01/2002	01/05/2002
Iceland	04/04/1997	12/10/2004	01/02/2005
Ireland
Italy	04/04/1997
Latvia	04/04/1997	25/02/2010	01/06/2010
Liechtenstein
Lithuania	04/04/1997	17/10/2002	01/02/2003
Luxembourg	04/04/1997
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro	09/02/2005	19/03/2010	01/07/2010	55
Netherlands	04/04/1997
North Macedonia	04/04/1997	03/09/2009	01/01/2010
Norway	04/04/1997	13/10/2006	01/02/2007		R.
Poland	07/05/1999
Portugal	04/04/1997	13/08/2001	01/12/2001
Republic of Moldova	06/05/1997	26/11/2002	01/03/2003			D.
Romania	04/04/1997	24/04/2001	01/08/2001
Russian Federation
San Marino	04/04/1997	20/03/1998	01/12/1999
Serbia	09/02/2005	10/02/2011	01/06/2011	55
Slovak Republic	04/04/1997	15/01/1998	01/12/1999
Slovenia	04/04/1997	05/11/1998	01/12/1999
Spain	04/04/1997	01/09/1999	01/01/2000
Sweden	04/04/1997
Switzerland	07/05/1999	24/07/2008	01/11/2008		R.
Turkey	04/04/1997	02/07/2004	01/11/2004		R.	D.
Ukraine	22/03/2002
United Kingdom
Non-Members of Council of Europe
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
Australia
Canada
Holy See
Japan
Mexico
United States of America
International Organisations
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
European Union

Total number of signatures not followed by ratifications	6
Total number of ratifications/accessions	29

Notes

• (55) Date of signature by the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.

a: Accession s: Signature without reservation as to ratification su: Succession r: Signature "ad referendum".
R.: Reservations D.: Declarations, Denunciations, Derogations A.: Authorities T.: Territorial Application C.: Communication O.: Objection.