European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Albania	Yes	No
Azerbaijan	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Yes	No
Croatia	Yes	No
Finland	Yes	No
Ireland	Yes	No
Lithuania	Yes	No
Moldova	Yes	No
North Macedonia	Yes	No
Norway	Yes	No
Poland	Yes	No
Serbia	Yes	No
Slovenia	Yes	No
Spain	Yes	No
Türkiye	Yes	No
Ukraine	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Yes	No

Albania

09-09-2009

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in Albania is the National Film Centre:
Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë

Azerbaijan

05-02-2002

aanwijzing autoriteit: Ministry of Culture, Republic of Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

11-06-2010

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, Bosnia and Herzegovina designates as competent authorities:
- Federal Ministry of Culture and Sports
- Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republika Srpska

Bulgaria

27-04-2004

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph5, of the Convention, the Republic of Bulgaria declares that the National Film Center at the Ministry of Culture has been designated as the competent authority.

Croatia

06-08-2004

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Government of the Republic of Croatia designates the Ministry of Culture as competent authority (Ministartvo kulture).

Finland

05-07-2022

Central authority (Article 5) within the competence of Finland (excluding Åland):
Finnish Film Foundation.

Central authority (Article 5) within the competence of Åland:
Ålands landskapsregering.

Ireland

13-03-2009

The Irish Film Board - An Bord Scannán na hÉireann

Lithuania

04-08-2014

Lithuanian Film Center
Ministry of Culture of the Republic Lithuania.

Moldova

27-09-2011

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent national authority designated by Moldova is the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova.

North Macedonia

03-06-2003

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of Chapter II of the Convention, the Ministry of Culture has been designated as the competent authority of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" for the performance of the provisions of the Convention.

Norway

09-07-2009

In accordance with Article 20 of the Convention, Norway reserves the right to fix a maximum participation share different from that laid down in Article 9, paragraph 1.a.
In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Norway has designated the Norwegian Film Institute Norsk Filminstitutt) as the competent authority to approve applications for coproduction status.

Poland

30-12-2002

The Republic of Poland establishes the maximum participation share specified in Article 9, paragraph 1, letter a, in the amount of 40% of production costs.

Date updating contact information: 06-09-2019

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the Republic of Poland declares that the competent authority is as follows:
The Polish Film Institute (Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, PISF)

Serbia

02-06-2004

"In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, Serbia and Montenegro designates as the authorities for which co-production status application will be submitted, as follows:

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Montenegro

Slovenia

10-12-2003

In accordance with Article 5, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority in the Republic of Slovenia is:
Slovenian Fim Fund

Spain

05-03-2008

If the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production were to be extended by the United Kingdom tot Gibraltar, the Kingdom of Spain would like to make the following declaration:
1. Gibraltar is a non-autonomous territory for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible 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 the distribution and attribution of competences performed by the United Kingdom, in compliance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as sovereign State on which the mentioned non-autonomous territory depends.
3. As a result, the eventual 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 it cannot be considered to produce a change in relation with what was established in the two previous paragraphs.

Türkiye

09-03-2005

In accordance with Article 5 of the Convention, the Directorate General of Copyrights and Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey is designated as the competent authority.

Ukraine

28-08-2009

Date updating contact information: 18-11-2013

According to paragraph 5 of Article 5 of the Convention, the Ukrainian State Film Agency is the competent authority for co-production status assignment.

United Kingdom

21-06-2013

Central Authority (Article 5):
Department for Culture, Media and Sports