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II SÉRIE-A — NÚMERO 58

Article 15

1 — This Convention 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 three member States of the Council of Europe have expressed their consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance

with the provisions of article 14.

2 — In respect of any member State which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the Convention 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.

Article 16

1 — After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any State not a member of the Council of Europe to accede to this Convention by a decision taken by the majority provided for in article 20, d), of the Statute of the Council of Europe and by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the Contracting States entitled to sit on the Committee.

2 — In respect of any acceding State, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of deposit of the instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Article 17

1 — Any State may at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

2 — Any State may at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend the application of this Convention to any other territory specified in the declaration. In respect of such territory the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three-months after the date of receipt of such declaration by the Secretary General.

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declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory specified in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General.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 expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.

Article 18

1 — Any State may, at the time of signature or when' depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, cipproval or accession, declare that it avails itself of one or more reservations.

2 — Any Contracting State which has made a reservation under the preceding paragraph may wholly or partly withdraw it by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.

3 — A Party which has made a reservation in respect of a provision of this Convention may not claim the application of that provision by any other Party; it may, however, if its reservation is partial or conditional, claim

the application of that provision in so far as tt has itself accepted it.

Article 19

1 — Any Party may at any time denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

2 — Such a denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of six months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General.

Article 20

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention, of:

a) Any signature;

b) The deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

c) Any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with articles 15,16 and 17;

d) Any other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done at Strasbourg, this 24th day of November 1983, in English and 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 and to any State invited to accede to this Convention.

For the Government of the Republic of Austria:

For the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium:

For the Government of the Republic of Cyprus:

For the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark: U. Ellemann-Jensen.

For the Government of the French Republic: Chandernagor.

For the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:

Jürgen Möllemann.

For the Government of the Hellenic Republic: K. Papoulias.