3. Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs
may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration,
be withdrawn or modified by a notification addressed to the
Secretary General. The withdrawal or modification shall become
effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a
period of three months after the date of receipt of such notification
by the Secretary General.
2. In respect of any member State which subsequently expresses
its consent to be bound by it, the Protocol shall enter into force
on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period
of three months after the date of the deposit of the instrument of
ratification, acceptance or approval.
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ARTICLE 5
Depositary functions
Relationship to the Convention
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify all the
member States of the Council of Europe of:
As between the States Parties the provisions of Articles 1 to 4
of this Protocol shall be regarded as additional Articles to the
Convention, and all the provisions of the Convention shall apply
accordingly.
ARTICLE 6
Signature and ratification
This Protocol shall be open for signature by member States of the
Council of Europe which have signed the Convention. It is subject
to ratification, acceptance or approval. A member State of the
Council of Europe may not ratify, accept or approve this Protocol
without previously or simultaneously ratifying the Convention.
Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be
deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
ARTICLE 7
(a) any signature;
(b) the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance
or approval;
(c) any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance
with Articles 4 and 7;
(d) any other act, notification or communication relating to
this Protocol.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto,
have signed this Protocol.
done at vilnius, this
3rd day of may 2002, in English and in French,
both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be
deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary
General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to
each member State of the Council of Europe.
Entry into force
1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the
month following the expiration of a period of three months after
the date on which ten member States of the Council of Europe
have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol in
accordance with the provisions of Article 6.
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