Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions

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Armenia modified

• Ratification: 15-05-2026 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-09-2026

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San Marino modified

• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  04-06-2025
  In accordance with Article 37, paragraph 1, and Article 19, paragraph 2, of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, the Republic of San Marino reserves the right to not apply Article 19, paragraph 1.d, of the Convention. In accordance with Article 9 of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, the Republic of San Marino declares that the Authority for regulation of sports betting is: Ente di Stato dei Giochi della Repubblica di San Marino […]

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San Marino modified

• Ratification: 04-06-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-10-2025

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Serbia modified

• Ratification: 23-01-2025 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-05-2025

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Sweden added

• Signature: 19-12-2024
• Ratification: 19-12-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-04-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

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Romania added

• Signature: 13-12-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

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Lithuania modified

• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  05-11-2024
  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania [...] has the honour to inform about the designation of the responsible authority and the national platform of the Republic of Lithuania referred to in Articles 9 and 13 of the Convention: Public institution Lithuanian Anti-Doping Agency under the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania […]

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Spain modified

• Ratification: 17-10-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-02-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  17-10-2024
  Pursuant to Article 37, paragraph 1, and Article 19, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Spain reserves the right to not apply Article 19, paragraph 1.d, of the Convention. In accordance with Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Spain declares that the Spanish competent authorities are: 1. Consejo Superior de Deportes Subdirección General de Régimen Jurídico del Deporte […] 2. Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego […] 3. Centro Nacional Policial para la Integridad en el Deporte y las Apuestas (CENPIDA) or the ministerial departments on which they depend. In accordance with Article 13, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Spain declares that the national platform addressing manipulation of sports competitions is: Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego […] 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 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 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht of 13 July 1713, concluded between the Crowns of Spain and of the United Kingdom.

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Belgium modified

• Ratification: 01-07-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-11-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  01-07-2024
  In accordance with Article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Belgium declares that the competent authority under paragraph 1 of that article is: Commission des jeux de hasard […] In accordance with Article 13, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Kingdom of Belgium declares that the national platform competent under paragraph 1 of that article is: Plateforme nationale matchfixing Secretariat: Police Judiciaire Fédérale Belge/DJSOC […] The competent authority under Chapter VII on International co-operation in judicial and other matters is: Service Public fédéral Justice Direction générale de la Législation et des Libertés et Droits fondamentaux Service de coopération pénale internationale […]

Lithuania modified

• Ratification: 20-07-2024 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-11-2024

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France modified

• Ratification: 21-06-2023 (R)
• Entry into force: 01-10-2023
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes

• added reservation
  21-06-2023
  The French Government has declared that France will apply only in certain specific cases or conditions the rules of jurisdiction defined in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph d, of Article 19 of the Convention. Thus, it will not establish its jurisdiction over an offence referred to in Articles 15 to 17 of the Convention when the offence is committed by a person having his or her habitual residence in its territory. Similarly, it will only establish its jurisdiction over an offence referred to in Articles 15 to 17 of the Convention when the offence is committed by one of its nationals under the conditions provided for in Articles 113-6 and 113-8 of the Criminal Code (dual incrimination and need for a complaint from the victim or an official denunciation from the State where the acts were committed).