Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Moldova	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No

Moldova

01-12-2008

The Republic of Moldova declares that, until the full re-establishment of its territorial integrity, the provisions of the Convention will be applied only on the territory controlled effectively by the authorities of the Republic of Moldova.

Spain

12-12-2018

The Kingdom of Spain considers that this Convention can be interpreted in a manner compatible with its current legislation, in particular with regard to National Heritage and the attribution of other related assets considered to be of public utility according to national legislation, and under the regime established therein.

12-12-2018

In the event that this Convention were to be ratified by the United Kingdom and extended to Gibraltar, the Kingdom of Spain would like to make the following declaration:
1. Gibraltar is a non-autonomous territory whose international relations come under the responsibility of the United Kingdom and which is subject to a decolonisation process in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
2. The authorities of Gibraltar have a local character and exercise exclusively internal competences which have their origin and their foundation in a distribution and attribution of competences performed by the United Kingdom in compliance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as sovereign State of which the mentioned non-autonomous territory is dependent.
3. As a result, any participation of the Gibraltarian authorities in the application of this Convention will be understood as carried out exclusively as part of the internal competences of Gibraltar and cannot be considered to modify in any way what was established in the two previous paragraphs.
4. The procedure foreseen in the Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of certain international treaties which were adopted by the Kingdom of Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December 2007 (as well as the "Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of EU and EC instruments and related treaties", dated 19 April 2000), apply to this Convention.
5. The application of this Convention to Gibraltar should not be interpreted as an acknowledgment of any right or any situation regarding areas not covered by Article X of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, concluded between the Crowns of Spain and of the United Kingdom.