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Members & Observership
European Pharmacopoeia - Members and Observers
37 Members including the European Union. Most recent member: Poland (2006).
23 Observer states including the World Health Organisation plus 8 European countries (Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine) and 14 non-European countries (Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Senegal, Syria, Tunisia, United States of America).
Last observerships: Argentina, Armenia and Moldova (2008), Republic of Belarus (2007), the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan (2006).
Member Status
Member status enables participation in the sessions of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission. Each member state is represented by a national delegation of not more than three members entitled to one vote. Each member state proposes national experts in each group of experts or working parties. On all technical matters delegations are casting a vote. For all non-technical decisions, the EU is voting in place of its member state's delegations. A member state shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the texts adopted and which will constitue the European Pharmacopoeia shall become the official standards applicable within its country.
Observer Status
Enables observers to participate in the scientific work of the Commission, to benefit from European experience in this area and to gain access to work on the quality control of medicines and the methods of analysis used.
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