6.

Contracting States to the EPC

Austria

(1 May 1979)

Belgium

(7 October 1977)

Bulgaria

(1 July 2002)

Cyprus

(1 April 1998)

Czech Republic

(1 July 2002)

Denmark¹

(1 January 1990)

Estonia

(1 July 2002)

Finland

(1 March 1996)

France²

(7 October 1977)

Germany

(7 October 1977)

Greece

(1 October 1986)

Hungary

(1 January 2003)

Iceland

(1 November 2004)

Ireland

(1 August 1992)

Italy

(1 December 1978)

Latvia

(1 July 2005)

Liechtenstein

(1 April 1980)

Lithuania

(1 December 2004)

Luxembourg

(7 October 1977)

Monaco

(1 December 1991)

Netherlands³

(7 October 1977)

Poland

(1 March 2004)

Portugal

(1 January 1992)

Romania

(1 March 2003)

Slovak Republic

(1 July 2002)

Slovenia

(1 December 2002)

Spain

(1 October 1986)

Sweden

(1 May 1978)

Switzerland

(7 October 1977)

Turkey

(1 November 2000)

United Kingdom⁴

(7 October 1977)

*:

An up-to-date list of the Contracting States to the EPC is published each year in issue No. 4 of the Official Journal of the EPO.

¹:

The EPC does not apply to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

²:

The EPC also applies to the French territorial entity of Mayotte and the overseas territories.

³:

The EPC is not applicable to the territory of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

⁴:

The EPC is also applicable to the Isle of Man. For further information on the registration of European patents, designating the United Kingdom, in overseas states and territories, see OJ 9/1997, 433.