Only ten EU member states have become parties to the MEDICRIME Convention on the falsification of medicines.

Omissions

• The exact figure of ten EU member states does not appear explicitly in the sources retrieved; the Council of Europe primary source only gives the total number of parties (23) and the split between Council of Europe member states (15) and non-member states (8). The EU-specific count is inferred from this breakdown.
• An older secondary source (eucrim.eu) cites a historical figure of 18 States Parties, showing the number has grown over time and that the total depends on the reference date.
• The EU itself has signed but not ratified the Convention, which is relevant context when comparing the number of EU member states that are parties.
• The most directly relevant secondary source (euperspectives.eu, October 2026) discusses the MEDICRIME Convention and EU ratification but its exact numerical wording could not be fully retrieved within the search budget.

Sources

• PrimaryCouncil of Europe – The MEDICRIME Convention (main page)23 RATIFICATIONS. 15 CoE member States. + 8 non CoE member States. (Belarus, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Niger, Russian Federation).
• PrimaryCouncil of Europe – MEDICRIME Convention: Signatures / RatificationsParties · Ukraine - 20 August 2012 · Spain - 05 August 2013 · Hungary - 09 January 2014 · Republic of Moldova - 14 August 2014 · Guinea - 24 September 2015 · Armenia ...
• SecondaryEU Perspectives – Banned medicines still sell through Facebook and TikTok advertsA Council of Europe treaty, the MEDICRIME Convention, obliges countries to make the falsification of medical products a crime. Only a ...
• Secondaryeucrim – Committee of Ministers Declaration on MEDICRIME ConventionThe Convention is open for accession by any country in the world and currently has 18 States Parties. Another 18 States are in the process of ...