Statute of the Council of Europe

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Signed at

• London

Signed on

5 May 1949

In force on

3 August 1949

Treaty document

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Parties

1. ALBANIA
2. ANDORRA
3. AUSTRIA
4. BELGIUM
5. BULGARIA
6. CROATIA
7. CYPRUS
8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA
9. CZECH REPUBLIC
10. DENMARK
11. ESTONIA
12. FINLAND
13. FRANCE
14. GEORGIA
15. GERMANY
16. GREECE
17. HUNGARY
18. ICELAND
19. IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
20. ITALY
21. LATVIA
22. LIECHTENSTEIN
23. LITHUANIA
24. LUXEMBOURG
25. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
26. MALTA
27. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
28. MONACO
29. MONTENEGRO
30. NETHERLANDS THE
31. NORWAY
32. POLAND
33. PORTUGAL
34. ROMANIA
35. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
36. SAN MARINO
37. SERBIA
38. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
39. SLOVENIA
40. SPAIN
41. SWEDEN
42. SWITZERLAND
43. TURKEY
44. UKRAINE
45. UNITED KINGDOM

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
ALBANIA	Accession	13 July 1995	13 July 1995
ANDORRA	Accession	10 November 1994	10 November 1994
AUSTRIA	Accession	16 April 1956
BELGIUM	Signature	5 May 1949
BELGIUM	Ratification	8 August 1949
BULGARIA	Accession	7 May 1992	7 May 1992
CROATIA	Accession	6 November 1996	6 November 1996
CYPRUS	Accession	24 May 1961
CZECH REPUBLIC	Accession	30 June 1993	30 June 1993
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Accession	21 February 1991	21 February 1991
DENMARK	Signature	5 May 1949
DENMARK	Ratification	14 July 1949
ESTONIA	Accession	14 May 1993	14 May 1993
FINLAND	Accession	5 May 1989	5 May 1989
FRANCE	Signature	5 May 1949
FRANCE	Ratification	4 August 1949
GEORGIA	Accession	27 April 1999	27 April 1999
GERMANY	Accession	13 July 1950
GREECE	Accession	9 August 1949
GREECE	Withdrawal	12 December 1969	31 December 1970
GREECE	Re-Accession	28 November 1974
HUNGARY	Accession	6 November 1990	6 November 1990
ICELAND	Accession	7 March 1950
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Signature	5 May 1949
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF	Ratification	30 July 1949	30 July 1949
ITALY	Signature	5 May 1949
ITALY	Ratification	3 August 1949
LATVIA	Accession	10 February 1995	10 February 1995
LIECHTENSTEIN	Accession	23 November 1978
LITHUANIA	Accession	14 May 1993	14 May 1993
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	5 May 1949
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	3 August 1949
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF	Accession	9 November 1995	9 November 1995
MALTA	Accession	29 April 1965
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	Accession	13 July 1995	13 July 1995
MONACO	Accession	5 October 2004	5 October 2004
MONTENEGRO	Accession	11 May 2007	11 May 2007
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	5 May 1949
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	5 August 1949
NORWAY	Signature	5 May 1949
NORWAY	Ratification	2 August 1949
POLAND	Accession	26 November 1991	26 November 1991
PORTUGAL	Accession	22 September 1976
ROMANIA	Accession	7 October 1993	7 October 1993
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Accession	28 February 1996	28 February 1996
SAN MARINO	Accession	16 November 1988	16 November 1988
SERBIA	Accession	3 April 2003	3 April 2003
SLOVAK REPUBLIC	Accession	30 June 1993	30 June 1993
SLOVENIA	Accession	14 May 1993	14 May 1993
SPAIN	Accession	24 November 1977
SWEDEN	Signature	5 May 1949
SWEDEN	Ratification	20 July 1949
SWITZERLAND	Accession	6 May 1963
TURKEY	Accession	13 April 1950
UKRAINE	Accession	9 November 1995	9 November 1995
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	5 May 1949
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	26 July 1949

Citations

1. PRO (now TNA) FO 93/1/378/0: 0
2. UN Registration United/0: 87 103
3. Treaty Series 051/1949: Cmd 7778||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1949-TS0051.pdf
4. Miscellaneous Series 007/1949: Cmd 7686
5. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
6. Treaty Series 1955/0: CM 9527