Consultative Assembly shall communicate its views on these conclusions to the Committee of Ministers.
Article 29 –
Committee of Ministers
By a majority of two thirds of the members entitled to sit on the Committee, the Committee of Ministers may, on the basis of the report of the sub
committee, and after consultation with the Consultative Assembly, make to each Contracting Party any necessary recommendations.
Part V
Article 30 –
Derogations in time of war or public emergency
1
In time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation any Contracting Party may take measures derogating from its obligations
under this Charter to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its other
obligations under international law.
2
Any Contracting Party which has availed itself of this right of derogation shall, within a reasonable lapse of time, keep the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe fully informed of the measures taken and of the reasons therefor. It shall likewise inform the Secretary General when such
measures have ceased to operate and the provisions of the Charter which it has accepted are again being fully executed.
3
The Secretary General shall in turn inform other Contracting Parties and the Director General of the International Labour Office of all
communications received in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article.
Article 31 –
Restrictions
1
The rights and principles set forth in Part I when effectively realised, and their effective exercise as provided for in Part II, shall not be subject to any
restrictions or limitations not specified in those parts, except such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society for the
protection of the rights and freedoms of others or for the protection of public interest, national security, public health, or morals.
2
The restrictions permitted under this Charter to the rights and obligations set forth herein shall not be applied for any purpose other than that for
which they have been prescribed.
Article 32 –
Relations between the Charter and domestic law or international agreements
The provisions of this Charter shall not prejudice the provisions of domestic law or of any bilateral or multilateral treaties, conventions or
agreements which are already in force, or may come into force, under which more favourable treatment would be accorded to the persons
protected.
Article 33 –
Implementation by collective agreements
1
In member States where the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Article 2, paragraphs 4, 6 and 7 of Article 7 and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of
Article 10 of Part II of this Charter are matters normally left to agreements between employers or employers' organisations and workers'
organisations, or are normally carried out otherwise than by law, the undertakings of those paragraphs may be given and compliance with them
shall be treated as effective if their provisions are applied through such agreements or other means to the great majority of the workers concerned.
2
In member States where these provisions are normally the subject of legislation, the undertakings concerned may likewise be given, and
compliance with them shall be regarded as effective if the provisions are applied by law to the great majority of the workers concerned.
Article 34 –
Territorial application
1
This Charter shall apply to the metropolitan territory of each Contracting Party. Each signatory government may, at the time of signature or of the
deposit of its instrument of ratification or approval, specify, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the
territory which shall be considered to be its metropolitan territory for this purpose.
2
Any Contracting Party may, at the time of ratification or approval of this Charter or at any time thereafter, declare by notification addressed to the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe, that the Charter shall extend in whole or in part to a non metropolitan territory or territories specified
in the said declaration for whose international relations it is responsible or for which it assumes international responsibility. It shall specify in the
declaration the articles or paragraphs of Part II of the Charter which it accepts as binding in respect of the territories named in the declaration.
3
The Charter shall extend to the territory or territories named in the aforesaid declaration as from the thirtieth day after the date on which the
Secretary General shall have received notification of such declaration.
4
Any Contracting Party may declare at a later date, by notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, that, in respect of
one or more of the territories to which the Charter has been extended in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article, it accepts as binding any
articles or any numbered paragraphs which it has not already accepted in respect of that territory or territories. Such undertakings subsequently
given shall be deemed to be an integral part of the original declaration in respect of the territory concerned, and shall have the same effect as from
the thirtieth day after the date of the notification.
5
The Secretary General shall communicate to the other signatory governments and to the Director General of the International Labour Office any
notification transmitted to him in accordance with this article.
Article 35 –
Signature, ratification and entry into force
1
This Charter shall be open for signature by the members of the Council of Europe. It shall be ratified or approved. Instruments of ratification or
approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2
This Charter shall come into force as from the thirtieth day after the date of deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification or approval.
3
In respect of any signatory government ratifying subsequently, the Charter shall come into force as from the thirtieth day after the date of deposit
of its instrument of ratification or approval.
4
The Secretary General shall notify all the members of the Council of Europe and the irector General of the International Labour Office of the entry
into force of the Charter, the names of the Contracting Parties which have ratified or approved it and the subsequent deposit of any instruments of
ratification or approval.
Article 36 –
Amendments
Any member of the Council of Europe may propose amendments to this Charter in a communication addressed to the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe. The Secretary General shall transmit to the other members of the Council of Europe any amendments so proposed, which shall
then be considered by the Committee of Ministers and submitted to the Consultative Assembly for opinion. Any amendments approved by the
Committee of Ministers shall enter into force as from the thirtieth day after all the Contracting Parties have informed the Secretary General of their
acceptance. The Secretary General shall notify all the members of the Council of Europe and the Director General of the International Labour Office
of the entry into force of such amendments.