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AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08Rev 20 November 2017 Or AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev 20 November 2017 Or. French COMMITTEE ON CULTURE, SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND MEDIA The protection and promotion of Regional or Minority Languages in Europe Rapporteur: Ms Rózsa HOFFMANN, Hungary, Group of the European People’s Party Appendices to the report Appendix 1: Member states that have ratified the Charter Appendix 2: National reports of member states that have ratified the Charter Appendix 3: Languages protected by the Charter Appendix 4: Council of Europe member states in central and eastern Europe Appendix 5: Answers from members states to the questionnaire Appendix 6: Answers from NGO to the questionnaire Appendix 7: Expert report Appendix 8: Fact-finding visit to Latvia Appendix 9: Fact finding visit to Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region) F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex | [email protected] | Tel: + 33 3 88 41 2000 | Fax: +33 3 88 41 2797 AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev Table of contents Appendix 1: Member states that have ratified the Charter ................................................................................ 3 Appendix 2: National reports of member states that have ratified the Charter ................................................. 4 Appendix 3: Languages protected by the Charter ........................................................................................... 11 Appendix 4: Council of Europe member states in central and eastern Europe............................................... 15 Appendix 5: Answers from members states to the questionnaire ................................................................... 16 Appendix 6: Answers from NGO to the questionnaire ..................................................................................... 17 Appendix 7: Expert report ................................................................................................................................ 20 Appendix 8: Fact-finding visit to Latvia ............................................................................................................ 27 Appendix 9: Fact finding visit to Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region) .................................................... 30 2 AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev Appendix 1: Member states that have ratified the Charter List of 25 member states that have ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) - Armenia - Austria - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Finland - Germany - Hungary - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - Montenegro - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovak Republic - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - United Kingdom List of 22 member states that have not ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) - Albania - Andorra - Azerbaijan - Belgium - Bulgaria - Estonia - France - Georgia - Greece - Iceland - Ireland - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Malta - Republic of Moldova - Monaco - Portugal - Russian Federation - San Marino - “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia“ - Turkey 3 AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev Appendix 2: National reports of member states that have ratified the Charter 1. Armenia Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 May 2002 st date due:01/05/2003 adopted on:25/11/2005 adopted on:14/06/2006 1 cycle submitted on: 03/09/2003 2nd cycle date due:01/05/2006 adopted on:22/04/2009 adopted on:23/09/2009 submitted on: 15/02/2008 3rd cycle date due:01/05/2009 adopted on:20/06/2013 adopted on:15/01/2014 submitted on: 11/10/2012 4th cycle date due:01/05/2012 submitted on: 29/09/2015 5th cycle date due:01/05/2015 2. Austria Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 October 2001 st date due:01/10/2002 adopted on:16/06/2004 adopted on:19/01/2005 1 cycle submitted on: 14/02/2003 2nd cycle date due:01/10/2005 adopted on:10/09/2008 adopted on:11/03/2009 submitted on: 12/12/2007 3rd cycle date due:01/10/2008 adopted on:19/06/2012 adopted on:28/11/2012 submitted on: 28/07/2011 4th cycle Date due:01/10/2011 submitted on: 08/11/2016 5th cycle Date due:01/10/2014 3. Bosnia-Herzegovina Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 January 2011 st date due:01/01/2012 adopted on:28/02/2013 adopted on:10/07/2013 1 cycle submitted on: 30/07/2012 2nd cycle date due:01/01/2015 adopted on:18/03/2016 adopted on:05/10/2016 submitted on: 31/08/2015 3rd cycle date due:01/01/2018 4. Croatia Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 March 1998 st date due:01/03/1999 adopted on:02/12/2000 adopted on:19/09/2001 1 cycle submitted on: 19/03/1999 2nd cycle date due:01/03/2002 adopted on:26/11/2004 adopted on:07/09/2005 submitted on: 14/01/2003 3rd cycle date due:01/03/2005 adopted on:21/09/2007 adopted on:12/03/2008 submitted on: 12/10/2006 4th cycle date due:01/03/2008 adopted on:02/06/2010 adopted on:08/12/2010 submitted on: 18/01/2010 5th cycle date due:01/03/2011 adopted on:24/09/2014 adopted on:15/04/2015 submitted on: 17/01/2014 6th cycle date due:01/03/2014 5. Cyprus Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation Entry into force of the Charter: 1st December 2002 1st cycle date due:01/12/2003 adopted on:24/03/2006 adopted on:27/09/2006 4 AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev submitted on: 17/01/2005 2nd cycle date due:01/12/2006 adopted on:23/04/2009 adopted on:23/09/2009 submitted on: 18/01/2008 3rd cycle date due:01/12/2009 adopted on:19/09/2011 adopted on:14/03/2012 submitted on: 18/01/2011 4th cycle date due:01/12/2012 adopted on:14/05/2014 adopted on:24/10/2014 submitted on: 16/01/2014 5th cycle date due:01/12/2015 6. Czech Republic Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 March 2007 st date due:01/03/2008 adopted on:23/04/2009 adopted on:09/12/2009 1 cycle submitted on: 30/04/2008 2nd cycle date due:01/03/2011 adopted on:23/03/2012 adopted on:30/01/2013 submitted on: 19/07/2011 3rd cycle date due:01/03/2014 adopted on:17/06/2015 adopted on:01/12/2015 submitted on: 22/09/2014 4th cycle date due:01/03/2017 7. Denmark Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 January 2001 st date due:01/01/2002 adopted on:21/11/2003 adopted on:19/05/2004 1 cycle submitted on: 03/12/2002 2nd cycle date due:01/01/2005 adopted on:28/03/2007 adopted on:26/09/2007 submitted on: 26/04/2006 3rd cycle date due:01/01/2008 adopted on:28/09/2010 adopted on:02/03/2011 submitted on: 14/04/2010 4th cycle date due:01/01/2011 adopted on:14/05/2014 adopted on:24/10/2014 submitted on: 11/03/2014 5th cycle date due:01/01/2014 8. Finland Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 March 1998 st date due:01/03/1999 adopted on:09/02/2001 adopted on:19/09/2001 1 cycle submitted on: 10/03/1999 2nd cycle date due:01/03/2002 adopted on:24/03/2004 adopted on:20/10/2004 submitted on: 31/12/2002 3rd cycle date due:01/03/2005 adopted on:30/03/2007 adopted on:21/11/2007 submitted on: 13/03/2006 4th cycle date due:01/03/2008 adopted on:21/09/2011 adopted on:14/03/2012 submitted on: 30/09/2010 5th cycle Date due:01/03/2011 6th cycle Date due:01/03/2014 9. Germany Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation st Entry into force of the Charter: 1 January 1999 st date due:01/01/2000 adopted on:05/07/2002 adopted on:04/12/2002 1 cycle submitted on: 20/11/2000 2nd cycle date due:01/01/2003 adopted on:16/06/2005 adopted on:01/03/2006 submitted on: 02/04/2004 3rd cycle date due:01/01/2006 adopted on:03/04/2008 adopted on:09/07/2008 submitted on: 27/02/2007 4th cycle date due:01/01/2009 adopted on:02/12/2010 adopted on:25/05/2011 submitted on: 07/06/2010 5th cycle date due:01/01/2012 adopted on:14/11/2013 adopted on:28/05/2014 5 AS/Cult/Inf (2017) 08rev submitted on: 08/04/2013 6th cycle date due:01/01/2015 10. Hungary Monitoring cycle State periodical report Committee of Experts' Committee of Ministers' evaluation report Recommendation Entry into force of the Charter: 1st March 1998 st date due:01/03/1999 adopted on:01/02/2001 adopted on:04/10/2001 1 cycle submitted on: 02/09/1999 2nd cycle date due:01/03/2002 adopted on:29/08/2003 adopted on:30/06/2004 submitted on: 11/09/2002 3rd cycle date due:01/03/2005 adopted on:01/12/2006 adopted on:20/06/2007 submitted on: 21/11/2005 4th cycle date due:01/03/2008 adopted on:11/09/2009 adopted on:10/03/2010 submitted on: 22/01/2009 5th cycle date due:01/03/2011 adopted on:16/11/2012 adopted on:10/07/2013 submitted on: 05/03/2012 6th cycle date due:01/03/2014 adopted on:18/03/2016 adopted on:14/12/2016 submitted on: 10/03/2015 7th cycle date due:01/03/2017 11.
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