Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products
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| Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health | |
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| Drafted | 9 December 2010 |
| Signed | 28 October 2011 |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Effective | 1 January 2016 |
| Condition | 5 ratifications, including 3 Council of Europe members |
| Signatories | 24 |
| Parties | open for signature by the member States and observers of the Council of Europe, the European Union, Israel and Japan; as well as other invited states |
| Ratifiers | 6 (Armenia, Guinea, Hungary, Moldova, Spain, and Ukraine) |
| Depositary | Secretary General of the Council of Europe |
| Languages | French and English |
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The Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (or MEDICRIME convention)[1] is a multilateral convention of the Council of Europe aiming at prevention of counterfeiting medical products. Its purpose is threefold (article 1):
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- a) providing for the criminalisation of certain acts;
- b) protecting the rights of victims of the offences established under this Convention;
- c) promoting national and international co-operation.
As of March 2016, the treaty has been ratified by Armenia, Guinea, Hungary, Moldova, Spain, and Ukraine. Having been ratified by the requisite five states (at least three of which had to be Council of Europe states), the convention is entered into force for the ratifying parties on 1 January 2016.[2]
