Drafted 9 December 2010 Location Moscow, Russia Signatories 24 | Signed 28 October 2011 Effective 1 January 2016 | |
Condition 5 ratifications, including 3 Council of Europe members | ||
The Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (or MEDICRIME convention) is a multilateral convention of the Council of Europe aiming at prevention of counterfeiting medical products. Its purpose is threefold (article 1):
As of July 2016, the treaty has been ratified by Albania, 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 on 1 January 2016.
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