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Article 25 – Territorial application

1 Any State or the European Community 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 Party 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 the 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such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The withdrawal 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.

Article 26 – Effects of the Convention

1 The present Convention supplements applicable multilateral or bilateral treaties or agreements between

the Parties, including the provisions of the following Council of Europe treaties:

– European Convention on Extradition, opened for signature, in Paris, on 13 December 1957 (ETS No. 24);

– European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, opened for signature, in Strasbourg, on

20 April 1959 (ETS No. 30);

– European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, opened for signature, in Strasbourg, on 27 January

1977 (ETS No. 90);

– Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, opened for

signature in Strasbourg on 17 March 1978 (ETS No. 99);

– Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, opened

for signature in Strasbourg on 8 November 2001 (ETS No. 182);

– Protocol amending the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, opened for signature in

Strasbourg on 15 May 2003 (ETS No. 190).

2 If two or more Parties have already concluded an agreement or treaty on the matters dealt with in this

Convention or have otherwise established their relations on such matters, or should they in future do so, they

shall also be entitled to apply that agreement or treaty or to regulate those relations accordingly. However, where

Parties establish their relations in respect of the matters dealt with in the present Convention other than as

regulated therein, they shall do so in a manner that is not inconsistent with the Convention’s objectives and

principles.

3 Parties which are members of the European Union shall, in their mutual relations, apply Community and

European Union rules in so far as there are Community or European Union rules governing the particular subject

concerned and applicable to the specific case, without prejudice to the object and purpose of the present

Convention and without prejudice to its full application with other Parties.

4 Nothing in this Convention shall affect other rights, obligations and responsibilities of a Party and

individuals under international law, including international humanitarian law.

5 The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under international

humanitarian law, which are governed by that law, are not governed by this Convention, and the activities

undertaken by military forces of a Party in the exercise of their official duties, inasmuch as they are governed by

other rules of international law, are not governed by this Convention.

Article 27 – Amendments to the Convention

1 Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by any Party, the Committee of Ministers of the Council

of Europe or the Consultation of the Parties.

2 Any proposal for amendment shall be communicated by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to

the Parties.