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Signed | 19 December 1954 |
Location | Paris |
Effective | 5 May 1955 |
Condition | 3 Ratifications |
Signatories | 19 |
Parties | 50 |
Depositary | Secretary General of the Council of Europe |
Languages | English and French |
The European Cultural Convention is an international treaty opened for signature by the Council of Europe in Paris on 19 December 1954.Its signature is one of the conditions for becoming a participating state in the Bologna Process and its European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The term "Convention" is used as a synonym for an international legal treaty.
The convention has been ratified by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe; it has also been ratified by Belarus, the Holy See, and Kazakhstan.