Treaty

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

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Albania 27-10-2005
Armenia 27-10-2005 22-08-2012 (R) 01-12-2012
Austria 05-06-2014 23-01-2015 (R) 01-05-2015
Belgium 25-06-2012 13-05-2022 (R) 01-09-2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina 15-10-2008 30-04-2009 (R) 01-06-2011
Bulgaria 27-10-2005
Croatia 27-10-2005 06-06-2007 (R) 01-06-2011
Cyprus 19-02-2021
Estonia 18-03-2021 15-04-2021 (R) 01-08-2021
Finland 01-06-2017 31-05-2018 (R) 01-09-2018
Georgia 01-09-2010 04-02-2011 (R) 01-06-2011
Hungary 08-06-2012 27-11-2012 (R) 01-03-2013
Italy 27-02-2013 15-12-2020 (R) 01-04-2021
Latvia 27-10-2005 26-04-2006 (R) 01-06-2011
Luxembourg 31-01-2006 18-05-2011 (R) 01-09-2011
Moldova 11-01-2008 01-12-2008 (R) 01-06-2011
Montenegro 21-09-2007 11-03-2008 (R) 01-06-2011
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 10-01-2024
North Macedonia 24-09-2010 08-07-2011 (R) 01-11-2011
Norway 27-10-2008 27-10-2008 (R) 01-06-2011
Poland 10-05-2021 29-11-2022 (R) 01-03-2023
Portugal 27-10-2005 28-08-2009 (R) 01-06-2011
Romania 17-02-2025
San Marino 19-05-2006 21-02-2024 (R) 01-06-2024
Serbia 21-09-2007 29-07-2010 (R) 01-06-2011
Slovakia 23-05-2012 16-08-2013 (R) 01-12-2013
Slovenia 19-01-2006 17-09-2008 (R) 01-06-2011
Spain 12-12-2018 07-04-2022 (R) 01-08-2022
Switzerland 10-04-2019 07-11-2019 (R) 01-03-2020
Ukraine 31-10-2007 09-01-2014 (R) 01-05-2014

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.

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