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{{Infobox treaty
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| name =MEDICRIME Convention
| name =MEDICRIME Convention
| long_name = Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health
| long_name = Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health
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| date_drafted =9 December 2010
| date_signed = 28 October 2011
| date_signed = 28 October 2011
| location_signed =[[Moscow]], Russia
| location_signed =[[Moscow]], Russian Federation
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| date_effective = 1 January 2016
| condition_effective = 5 ratifications, including 3 Council of Europe members
| date_expiration =5 ratifications, including at least 3 Council of Europe member states
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| signatories =27
| signatories =27
| parties =open for signature by the member States and observers of the Council of Europe, the European Union, Israel and Japan; as well as other invited states
| parties =open for signature by the member States and observers of the Council of Europe, the European Union, Israel and Japan; as well as other invited states
| ratifiers = 11
| depositor = Secretary General of the Council of Europe
| depositor = Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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| languages = French and English
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|Opened for signature=28 October 2011|Entry into force=1 January 2016}}
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The '''Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health''' (or '''MEDICRIME convention''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/StandardSetting/MediCrime/Default_en.asp|title=Medicrime|accessdate=23 February 2011|work=[[Council of Europe]]}}</ref> is a multilateral [[Treaty|convention]] of the [[Council of Europe]] aiming at prevention of counterfeiting medical products. Its purpose is threefold (article 1):
The '''Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health''' (or '''MEDICRIME Convention''')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/StandardSetting/MediCrime/Default_en.asp|title=Medicrime|accessdate=23 February 2011|work=[[Council of Europe]]}}</ref> is an international criminal law [[Treaty|convention]] of the [[Council of Europe]] addressing the falsification of medicines and medical devices.
::a) providing for the criminalisation of certain acts;
::b) protecting the rights of victims of the offences established under this Convention;
::c) promoting national and international co-operation.

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/rfs6RdVHzAWb/content/counterfeiting-of-medical-products-entry-into-force-of-the-medicrime-convention?_101_INSTANCE_rfs6RdVHzAWb_viewMode=view|title=Counterfeiting of medical products. Entry into force of the Medicrime Convention|date=24 September 2015|publisher=COUNCIL OF EUROPE|accessdate=25 October 2015}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:20, 30 September 2019

MEDICRIME Convention
Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health
Signed28 October 2011
StandortMoscow, Russian Federation
Expiration5 ratifications, including at least 3 Council of Europe member states
Signatories27
Partiesopen for signature by the member States and observers of the Council of Europe, the European Union, Israel and Japan; as well as other invited states
DepositarySecretary General of the Council of Europe
LanguagesFrench and English
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The Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving Threats to Public Health (or MEDICRIME Convention)[1] is an international criminal law convention of the Council of Europe addressing the falsification of medicines and medical devices.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Medicrime". Council of Europe. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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