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Chart of signatures and ratifications of Treaty 108

Title	Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
Reference	ETS No.108
Opening of the treaty	Strasbourg, 28/01/1981  - Treaty open for signature by the member States and for accession by non-member States
Entry into Force	01/10/1985  - 5 Ratifications.

Members of Council of Europe
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
Albania	09/06/2004	14/02/2005	01/06/2005	44		D.	A.
Andorra	31/05/2007	06/05/2008	01/09/2008			D.	A.
Armenia	08/04/2011	09/05/2012	01/09/2012	44		D.				O.
Austria	28/01/1981	30/03/1988	01/07/1988	44		D.	A.			O.
Azerbaijan	03/05/2010	03/05/2010	01/09/2010
Belgium	07/05/1982	28/05/1993	01/09/1993	44		D.	A.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	02/03/2004	31/03/2006	01/07/2006				A.	T.
Bulgaria	02/06/1998	18/09/2002	01/01/2003
Croatia	05/06/2003	21/06/2005	01/10/2005	44		D.	A.
Cyprus	25/07/1986	21/02/2002	01/06/2002	44			A.			O.
Czech Republic	08/09/2000	09/07/2001	01/11/2001	44			A.
Denmark	28/01/1981	23/10/1989	01/02/1990	44			A.	T.
Estonia	24/01/2000	14/11/2001	01/03/2002	44		D.	A.
Finland	10/04/1991	02/12/1991	01/04/1992	44			A.
France	28/01/1981	24/03/1983	01/10/1985	44		D.	A.
Georgia	21/11/2001	14/12/2005	01/04/2006	44
Germany	28/01/1981	19/06/1985	01/10/1985	44		D.	A.	T.
Greece	17/02/1983	11/08/1995	01/12/1995	44						O.
Hungary	13/05/1993	08/10/1997	01/02/1998	44		D.	A.
Iceland	27/09/1982	25/03/1991	01/07/1991	44			A.
Ireland	18/12/1986	25/04/1990	01/08/1990	44		D.	A.
Italy	02/02/1983	29/03/1997	01/07/1997	44		D.	A.
Latvia	31/10/2000	30/05/2001	01/09/2001	44		D.	A.
Liechtenstein	02/03/2004	11/05/2004	01/09/2004	44		D.	A.
Lithuania	11/02/2000	01/06/2001	01/10/2001	44			A.
Luxembourg	28/01/1981	10/02/1988	01/06/1988	44		D.	A.
Malta	15/01/2003	28/02/2003	01/06/2003
Monaco	01/10/2008	24/12/2008	01/04/2009	44			A.
Montenegro	06/09/2005	06/09/2005	06/06/2006	56
Netherlands	21/01/1988	24/08/1993	01/12/1993	44		D.	A.	T.
North Macedonia	24/03/2006	24/03/2006	01/07/2006			D.	A.
Norway	13/03/1981	20/02/1984	01/10/1985	44		D.	A.	T.
Poland	21/04/1999	23/05/2002	01/09/2002	44
Portugal	14/05/1981	02/09/1993	01/01/1994	44			A.			O.
Republic of Moldova	04/05/1998	28/02/2008	01/06/2008			D.	A.
Romania	18/03/1997	27/02/2002	01/06/2002			D.	A.
Russian Federation	07/11/2001	15/05/2013	01/09/2013	44		D.
San Marino	02/03/2015	28/05/2015	01/09/2015				A.
Serbia	06/09/2005	06/09/2005	01/01/2006	44		D.	A.
Slovak Republic	14/04/2000	13/09/2000	01/01/2001	44			A.
Slovenia	23/11/1993	27/05/1994	01/09/1994				A.
Spain	28/01/1982	31/01/1984	01/10/1985			D.	A.
Sweden	28/01/1981	29/09/1982	01/10/1985	44			A.
Switzerland	02/10/1997	02/10/1997	01/02/1998	44		D.	A.
Turkey	28/01/1981	02/05/2016	01/09/2016			D.	A.
Ukraine	29/08/2005	30/09/2010	01/01/2011			D.
United Kingdom	14/05/1981	26/08/1987	01/12/1987	44		D.	A.	T.
Non-Members of Council of Europe
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
Argentina				4
Burkina Faso				4
Cabo Verde		19/06/2018 a	01/10/2018				A.
Mauritius		17/06/2016 a	01/10/2016				A.
Mexico		28/06/2018 a	01/10/2018				A.
Morocco
Senegal		25/08/2016 a	01/12/2016				A.
Tunisia		18/07/2017 a	01/11/2017
Uruguay		10/04/2013 a	01/08/2013

Total number of signatures not followed by ratifications	0
Total number of ratifications/accessions	53

Notes

• (44) Party having accepted the amendments allowing the European Union to accede to this Convention (See Declarations).
• (56) Dates of signature and ratification by the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.
• (4) Since 2013 the decision to invite a non-member State to accede to the treaty is valid five years as from its adoption. See the following Chart.

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.