E/CN.4/1991/56 page 7 Germany "No. In national legislation and practice no distinction is made between religion, religious sects and religious associations. In terms of religion and ideology, the Federal Republic of Germany is a neutral State which is required by the Constitution to show tolerance towards all such associations. However, only religious communities that are corporate bodies are entitled under Article 140 of the Basic Law, in conjunction with Article 137(6) Weimar Constitution, to levy church tax. "Our constitution, the Basic Law, provides in Article 4(1) that 'freedom of faith, of conscience, and freedom of creed, religious or ideological, shall be inviolable', and its paragraph 2 reads: 'The undisturbed practice of religion is guaranteed.' "Article 4(1) guarantees freedom of faith and conscience - the individual's right to express, or not to express ('negative' freedom), his beliefs or non-beliefs. This also includes the right to canvass support for his own faith or to try and convert others. This provision of the constitution also guarantees the 'negative' right not to belong to any faith. "The rights set out in Article 4 of the Basic Law are enjoyed by everyone, that is to say not only by members of certain faiths but also members of religious sects and religious associations." Greece "In accordance with the provisions of article 3 of the Constitution of the Hellenic Republic, freedom of religious conscience and enjoyment of individual and civil rights do not depend on the individual's religious conviction of belief. "Although for longstanding historical and social reasons the Eastern Christian Orthodox Religion is recognized by the Hellenic Constitution as the official one, all known religions are free and their rites of worship are practised unhindered and under the protection of law, provided they do not offend public order or moral principles. Proselytism is prohibited. "Greek legislation and practice are in harmony with the above provisions." In reply to a question by the Special Rapporteur, the Greek Government provided the following additional explanations concerning the prohibition of proselytism: "As already conveyed, the Greek Constitution stipulates that 'Proselytism is prohibited' (para. 2, art. 13 of the Greek Constitution). "Moreover, proselytism in Greece is prohibited in accordance with the Penal Law. Indeed, it is qualified as a penal offence in article 4 of Law 1363/1938 of the Penal Code, as amended by article 2 of Law 1672/1939. "The courts have had the opportunity of defining the term. More specifically, the Council of State, the highest judicial authority of the country, in a number of its decisions, has provided a definition, which can be