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| Entry into force: | 22 February 1931, in accordance with article 25. |
| Registration: | 22 February 1931, No. 26231. |
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| Austria | (June 25th, 1931) |
| Belgium | (June 6th, 1932) |
| Brazil | (July 1st, 1938 a) |
| Bulgaria | (May 22nd, 1930) |
| Colombia | (May 9th, 1932) |
| Cuba | (June 13th, 1933) |
| Czechoslovakia 2 | (September 12th, 1931) |
| Denmark 3 | (February 19th, 1931) |
| Ecuador | (September 25th, 1937 a) |
| Estonia | (August 30th, 1930 a) |
| Finland | (September 25th, 1936 a) |
| Germany8 | (October 3rd, 1933) |
| Greece | (May 19th, 1931) |
| Hungary | (June 14th, 1933) |
| Ireland | (July 24th, 1934 a) |
| Italy | (December 27th, 1935) |
| Latvia | (July 22nd, 1939 a) |
| Mexico | (March 30th, 1936 a) |
| Monaco | (October 21st, 1931) |
| The Netherlands | (April 30th, 1932) |
| Norway 4 | (March 16th, 1931) |
| In view of the provisions of Article 176, paragraph 2, of the Norwegian Ordinary Criminal Code and Article 2 of the Norwegian Law on the Extradition of Criminals, the extradition provided for in Article 10 of the present Convention may not be granted for the offence referred to in Article 3, No. 2, where the person uttering the counterfeit currency himself accepted it bona fide as genuine. | |
| Poland | (June 15th, 1934) |
| Portugal | (September 18th, 1930) |
| Romania | (March 7th, 1939) |
| Spain | (April 28th, 1930) |
| Turkey | (January 21st, 1937 a) |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5 | (July 13th, 1931) |
| Yugoslavia (former)6 | (November 24th, 1930) |
Albania | United States of America | India | As provided in Article 24 of the Convention, this signature
does not include the territories of any Prince or Chief under the suzerainty of His
Majesty. | China7 | Japan | Luxembourg | Panama | |
| Participant8,9 | Ratification, Accession (a), Succession (d) |
| Algeria10 | 17 Mar 1965 a |
| Andorra | 3 Oct 2007 a |
| Australia | 5 Jan 1982 a |
| Bahamas | 9 Jul 1975 d |
| Belarus | 23 Aug 2001 d |
| Benin | 17 Mar 1966 a |
| Burkina Faso | 8 Dec 1964 a |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 25 May 1964 a |
| Croatia | 30 Dec 2003 d |
| Cyprus | 10 Jun 1965 a |
| Czech Republic | 9 Feb 1996 d |
| Egypt | 15 Jul 1957 a |
| Fiji | 25 Mar 1971 d |
| France | 28 Mar 1958 |
| Gabon | 11 Aug 1964 a |
| Georgia | 20 Jul 2000 a |
| Ghana | 9 Jul 1964 a |
| Holy See | 1 Mar 1965 a |
| Indonesia11 | 3 Aug 1982 a |
| Iraq | 14 May 1965 a |
| Israel | 10 Feb 1965 a |
| Kenya | 10 Nov 1977 a |
| Kuwait | 9 Dec 1968 a |
| Lebanon | 6 Oct 1966 a |
| Liberia | 16 Sep 2005 a |
| Lithuania | 2 Apr 2004 a |
| Luxembourg | 14 Mar 2002 |
| Malawi | 18 Nov 1965 a |
| Malaysia12 | 4 Jul 1972 a |
| Mali | 6 Jan 1970 a |
| Mauritius | 18 Jul 1969 d |
| Morocco13 | 4 May 1976 a |
| Niger | 5 May 1969 a |
| Peru | 11 May 1970 a |
| Philippines14 | 5 May 1971 a |
| San Marino | 18 Oct 1967 a |
| Senegal | 25 Aug 1965 a |
| Singapore | 12 Feb 1979 d |
| Slovakia2 | 28 May 1993 d |
| Slovenia | 9 May 2006 d |
| Solomon Islands | 3 Sep 1981 d |
| South Africa | 28 Aug 1967 a |
| Sri Lanka | 2 Jun 1967 a |
| Sweden | 15 Mar 2001 a |
| Switzerland | 30 Dec 1948 |
| Syrian Arab Republic15 | 14 Aug 1964 |
| Thailand | 6 Jun 1963 a |
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 7 Mar 2005 d |
| Togo | 3 Oct 1978 a |
| Uganda | 15 Apr 1965 a |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 28 Jul 1959 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 Dec 1998 d |
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Reservation:
Having seen the provisions of article 431 of the Penal Code of Andorra and article 2 (a) of the Organic Law on Extradition, the extradition envisaged in article 10 of this Convention shall be granted in the case of persons who, having knowingly received counterfeit currency, attempt to place it in circulation or have placed it in circulation after realizing that it was not authentic.
Declaration:
The Republic of Belarus is not to be bound by the reservation on Article 20 of the Convention concerning the special order of transmitting the instrument of ratification to the Depositary and the declaration on Article 19 of the Convention concerning the non-recognition of jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice and of a Court of Arbitration as the means of the Settlement of Disputes between States, made by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic on signing the Convention.
Declaration:
The public prosecutor is designated to act as the central office in the meaning of article 12 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency signed at Geneva on 20 April 1929.
The designation of the public prosecutor as central office shall not prejudice the execution of the mission specified in articles 12 to 16 of the International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency or in the community legislative acts relating to the protection of the euro against counterfeiting by the authorities or legally authorized national organs, subject to the procedure to be determined, if necessary, by the public prosecutor in his capacity as central office.
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Belgium, a Member State of the European Union, has given the European Police Office (hereinafter referred to as Europol) a mandate to combat euro counterfeiting.
In order for the Geneva Convention of 1929 to function more effectively, Belgium shall in future fulfil its obligations as follows:
1. With regard to euro counterfeiting, Europol shall perform - in the framework of its objective according to the Council Act of 26 July 1995 on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) [OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 1] - the following central office functions within the meaning of Articles 12 to 15 of the Geneva Convention of 1929.
1.1. Europol shall centralise and process, in accordance with the Europol Convention, all information of a nature to facilitate the investigation, prevention and combating of euro counterfeiting and shall forward this information without delay to the national central offices of the Member States.
1.2. In accordance with the Europol Convention, in particular in accordance with Article 18 thereof and the Council Act of 12 March 1999 adopting the rules governing the transmission of personal data by Europol to third States and third bodies [OJ C 88, 30.3.1999 p. 1. Council Act as amended by Council Act of 28 February 2002 (OJ C 76, 27.3.2002, p. 1)], Europol shall correspond directly with the central offices of third countries to fulfil the tasks set down in points 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 of this Declaration.
1.3. Europol shall, insofar as it considers it expedient, forward to the central offices of third countries a set of specimens of actual euro.
1 .4. Europol shall regularly notify the central offices of third countries, giving all necessary particulars, of new currency issued and the withdrawal of currency from circulation.
1.5. Except in cases of purely local interest, Europol shall, insofar as it considers it expedient, notify the central offices of third countries of:
any discovery of counterfeit or falsified Euro currency. Notification of the counterfeit or falsification shall be accompanied by a technical description of the counterfeit, to be provided solely by the institution whose notes have been counterfeited. A photographic reproduction or, if possible, a specimen counterfeited note should be transmitted. In urgent cases, a notification and a brief description made by the police authorities may be discreetly communicated to the central offices interested, without prejudice to the notification and technical description mentioned above;
details of discoveries of counterfeiting, stating whether it has been possible to seize all the counterfeit currency put into circulation.
1.6. As central office for the Member States, Europol shall participate in conferences dealing with euro counterfeiting within the meaning of Article 15 of the Geneva Convention.
1.7. Where Europol is unable to carry out the tasks specified in points 1.1. to 1.6. in accordance with the Europol Convention, the national central offices of the Member States shall retain competence.
2. With regard to the counterfeiting of all other currencies and for central office functions not delegated to Europol in accordance with point 1, the existing competencies of the national central offices shall remain in effect.
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"Central authority:
Economic Police Department of the Central Criminal
Police Department of the State Police
Stabu iela 89,
Rïga, LV-1009
Latvia
Phone: +371 7208 663
Fax: +371 7208 706
e-mail: epb@vp.gov.lv"
9 February 2006
"... in accordance with Article 12 of the said Convention, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania designates the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania as a Central Authority to discharge the duties imposed by the Convention;
... it is provided in Article 16, paragraph 4, of the Convention, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania declares that requests under Article 16 shall be communicated to its authorities only through its Central Authority."
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| Participant: | Territory: | Date of notification: |
| Netherlands16 | 22 Mar 1954 | Netherlands Antilles and Surinam |
| United Kingdom17 | 13 Oct 1960 | Antigua, Bahamas, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Falkland Island, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, Kenya, Mauritius, Montserrat, North Borneo, St. Christopher-Nevis and Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sarawak, Sierra Leone, State of Singapore, Swaziland, Tanganyika, Trinidad, Uganda, Zanzibar |
| 7 Mar 1963 | Barbados and its dependencies |
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1. League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol.112, p.371.
2. See note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
3. According to a Declaration made by the Danish Government when ratifying the Convention, the latter was to take effect in respect of Denmark only upon the coming into force of the Danish Penal Code of April 15th, 1930. This Code having entered into force on January 1st, 1933, the Convention has become effective for Denmark from the same date.
4. The reservation by Norway has not given rise to any objection on the part of the States to which it was communicated in accordance with Article 22, it may be considered as accepted.
5. Instrument deposited in Berlin.
6. See note 1 under "former Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
7. See note concerning signatures, ratifications and accession made on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).
8. In a notification received on 21 February 1974, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated that the German Democratic Republic had declared the reapplication of the Convention as of 6 June 1958.
In this connection, the Secretary-General received, on 2 March 1976, the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
With reference to the communication by the German Democratic Republic of 31 January 1974, concerning the application, as from 6 June 1958, of the International Convention of 20April 1929 for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares that in the relation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic the declaration of application has no retroac tive effect beyond 21 June 1973.
Subsequently, in a communication received on 17 June 1976, the Government of the German Democratic Republic declared:
"The Government of the German Democratic Republic takes the view that in accordance with the applicable rules of international law and the international practice of States the regulations on the reapplication of agreements concluded under international law are an internal affair of the successor State concerned. Accordingly, the German Democratic Republic was entitled to determine the date of reapplication of the International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency, April 20th, 1929 to which it established its status as a party by way of succession."
See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
9. The Republic of Viet-Nam had acceded to the Convention and the Protocol on 3 December 1964. See also note 1 under "Viet Nam" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume
10. With the following reservation, which is deemed to have been accepted by the other Contracting Parties in accordance with article 22 of the Convention:
The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria does not consider itself bound by article 19 of the Convention, which confers upon the International Court of Justice jurisdiction with respect to any disputes concerning the Convention.
The jurisdiction of international tribunals may be accepted, by way of exception, in cases with respect to which the Algerian Government shall have expressly given its consent.
11. With the following reservation, which is deemed to have been accepted by the other Contracting Parties in accordance with article 22 of the Convention:
"The Government of the Republic of Indonesia does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 19 of this Convention but takes the position that any dispute relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention may be submitted to arbitration or to the International Court of Justice for decision, only with the agreement of all the parties to the dispute.
12. With the following reservation, which is deemed to have been accepted by the other Contracting Parties in accordance with article 22 of the Convention:
"The Government of Malaysia does not consider itself bound by the provisions of article 19 of the Convention."
13. With the following reservation, which is deemed to have been accepted by the other Contracting Parties in accordance with article 22 of the Convention: The Kingdom of Morocco does not consider itself bound by article 19 of the Convention which provides that any disputes which might arise relating to the said Convention shall be settled by the Permanent Court of International Justice.
However, it may accept the jurisdiction of the International Court, by way of exception, in cases where the Moroccan Government expressly states that it accepts such jurisdiction.
14. With the following reservation, which is deemed to have been accepted by the other Contracting Parties in accordance with article 22 of the Convention:
"Articles 5 and 8 of the Convention shall be inoperative with respect to the Philippines unless and until Article 163 of the Revised Penal Code and Section 14 (a), Rule 110, of the Rules of the Court in the Philippines, shall have been amended to conform to the said provisions of the Convention."
15. In a communication received on 14 August 1964, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, referring to Presidential decree No.1147 of 20 June 1959, pursuant to which the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency and Protocol, done at Geneva on 30 April 1929, was extended to the Syrian Province of the United Arab Republic, and to décret-loi No.25 promulgated on 13 June 1962 by the President of the Syrian Arab Republic (see also note 1 under "United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria)" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume) has informed the Secretary-General that the Syrian Arab Republic considers itself a party to the said Convention and Protocol as from 20 June 1959. See also note 1 under "United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria)" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
16. See note 1 under "Netherlands" regarding Aruba/Netherlands Antilles in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
17. See note 1 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.