CountryActionAction DateEffective Date
ALBANIARatification17/02/201017/05/2010
ALGERIASignature02/06/2000
AUSTRALIAAccession16/12/200816/03/2009
AUSTRIASignature02/06/2000
BAHRAINAccession15/09/200515/12/2005
BELGIUMSignature02/06/2000
BRAZILSignature02/06/2000
BURKINA FASOSignature11/05/2001
BURUNDISignature02/06/2000
CANADASignature21/05/2001
COTE D'IVOIRESignature20/07/2000
CROATIASignature02/06/2000
CROATIARatification20/12/200428/04/2005
CUBASignature02/06/2000
CZECH REPUBLICSignature02/06/2000
DENMARKSignature02/06/2000
DENMARKRatification16/03/200428/04/2005
ESTONIASignature02/06/2000
ESTONIARatification14/04/200301/06/2003
EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISATIONSignature17/05/2001
FRANCESignature14/09/2000
FRANCERatification05/10/200905/01/2010
GAMBIA THESignature02/06/2000
GERMANYSignature29/05/2001
GHANASignature02/06/2000
GREECESignature02/06/2000
HAITISignature02/06/2000
HUNGARYSignature02/06/2000
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFSignature31/05/2001
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OFRatification27/02/201227/05/2012
ISRAELSignature02/06/2000
ITALYSignature02/06/2000
KENYASignature02/06/2000
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OFSignature01/06/2000
KYRGYZSTANSignature02/06/2000
KYRGYZSTANRatification24/04/200228/04/2005
LATVIASignature02/06/2000
LATVIARatification12/03/201012/06/2010
LEBANONSignature02/06/2000
LIBERIASignature02/06/2000
LIECHTENSTEINAccession18/09/200918/09/2009
LUXEMBOURGSignature02/06/2000
MACEDONIA THE FYR OFAccession22/01/201022/04/2010
MADAGASCARSignature02/06/2000
MALAWISignature02/06/2000
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFSignature02/06/2000
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OFRatification27/09/200128/04/2005
MONACOSignature28/06/2000
NETHERLANDS THESignature31/05/2001
NETHERLANDS THERatification01/09/201027/12/2010
NIGERIASignature02/06/2000
NIGERIARatification19/12/200228/04/2005
OMANAccession16/07/200716/10/2007
POLANDSignature02/06/2000
PORTUGALSignature02/06/2000
ROMANIASignature02/06/2000
ROMANIARatification28/01/200528/04/2005
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONAccession12/05/200912/08/2009
SAN MARINOSignature10/10/2000
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPESignature02/06/2000
SERBIAAccession20/05/201020/08/2010
SLOVAK REPUBLICAccession15/07/200228/04/2005
SLOVENIASignature02/06/2000
SLOVENIARatification08/05/200228/04/2005
SPAINSignature02/06/2000
SUDANSignature02/06/2000
SWAZILANDSignature02/06/2000
SWEDENSignature17/05/2001
SWEDENRatification27/09/200727/10/2007
SWITZERLANDSignature02/06/2000
SWITZERLANDRatification31/03/200801/07/2008
TOGOSignature02/06/2000
TURKEYSignature02/06/2000
UGANDASignature02/06/2000
UKRAINEAccession31/03/200328/04/2005
UNITED KINGDOMSignature02/06/2000
UNITED KINGDOMRatification22/12/200522/03/2006
UNITED STATES OF AMERICASignature02/06/2000
ZAMBIASignature02/06/2000