3. Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs
may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be
withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General.
The withdrawal shall become effective on the first day of the
month following 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 date of the deposit of the
instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.
ARTICLE 6
Depositary functions
Relationship to the Convention
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the
member States of the Council of:
As between the States Parties the provisions of Articles 1 to 5
of this Protocol shall be regarded as additional Articles to the
Convention and all the provisions of the Convention shall apply
accordingly.
ARTICLE 7
Signature and ratification
The Protocol shall be open for signature by the member States of
the Council of Europe, signatories to the Convention. It shall be
subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. A member State
of the Council of Europe may not ratify, accept or approve this
Protocol unless it has, simultaneously or previously, ratified the
Convention. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval
shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of
Europe.
ARTICLE 9
(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 5 and 8;
(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 strasbourg, this
28th day of april 1983, 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.
ARTICLE 8
Entry into force
1. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month
following the date on which five member States of the Council of
Europe have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol
in accordance with the provisions of Article 7.
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