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Chart of signatures and ratifications of Treaty 148

Title	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Reference	ETS No.148
Opening of the treaty	Strasbourg, 05/11/1992  - Treaty open for signature by the member States and for accession by non-member States
Entry into Force	01/03/1998  - 5 Ratifications.

Members of Council of Europe
	Signature	Ratification	Entry into Force	Notes	R.	D.	A.	T.	C.	O.
Albania
Andorra
Armenia	11/05/2001	25/01/2002	01/05/2002			D.
Austria	05/11/1992	28/06/2001	01/10/2001			D.
Azerbaijan	21/12/2001					D.
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina	07/09/2005	21/09/2010	01/01/2011			D.
Bulgaria
Croatia	05/11/1997	05/11/1997	01/03/1998		R.	D.
Cyprus	12/11/1992	26/08/2002	01/12/2002			D.
Czech Republic	09/11/2000	15/11/2006	01/03/2007			D.
Denmark	05/11/1992	08/09/2000	01/01/2001			D.			C.
Estonia
Finland	05/11/1992	09/11/1994	01/03/1998			D.
France	07/05/1999					D.
Georgia
Germany	05/11/1992	16/09/1998	01/01/1999			D.
Greece
Hungary	05/11/1992	26/04/1995	01/03/1998			D.
Iceland	07/05/1999
Ireland
Italy	27/06/2000
Latvia
Liechtenstein	05/11/1992	18/11/1997	01/03/1998			D.
Lithuania
Luxembourg	05/11/1992	22/06/2005	01/10/2005
Malta	05/11/1992
Monaco
Montenegro	22/03/2005	15/02/2006	06/06/2006	56
Netherlands	05/11/1992	02/05/1996	01/03/1998			D.		T.
Norway	05/11/1992	10/11/1993	01/03/1998			D.
Poland	12/05/2003	12/02/2009	01/06/2009			D.
Portugal
Republic of Moldova	11/07/2002
Romania	17/07/1995	29/01/2008	01/05/2008			D.
Russian Federation	10/05/2001
San Marino
Serbia	22/03/2005	15/02/2006	01/06/2006	56		D.
Slovak Republic	20/02/2001	05/09/2001	01/01/2002			D.
Slovenia	03/07/1997	04/10/2000	01/01/2001			D.
Spain	05/11/1992	09/04/2001	01/08/2001			D.
Sweden	09/02/2000	09/02/2000	01/06/2000			D.
Switzerland	08/10/1993	23/12/1997	01/04/1998			D.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	25/07/1996
Turkey
Ukraine	02/05/1996	19/09/2005	01/01/2006			D.
United Kingdom	02/03/2000	27/03/2001	01/07/2001			D.		T.

Total number of signatures not followed by ratifications	8
Total number of ratifications/accessions	25

Notes

• (56) Dates of signature and ratification 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.