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a signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or

b signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval.

2 The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of

the Council of Europe.

Article 7

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 all High Contracting Parties to the Convention have expressed their consent to

be bound by the Protocol, in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.

Article 8

1 The amendments introduced by Article 2 of this Protocol shall apply only to candidates on lists submitted

to the Parliamentary Assembly by the High Contracting Parties under Article 22 of the Convention after the entry

into force of this Protocol.

2 The amendment introduced by Article 3 of this Protocol shall not apply to any pending case in which one

of the parties has objected, prior to the date of entry into force of this Protocol, to a proposal by a Chamber of the

Court to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber.

3 Article 4 of this Protocol shall enter into force following the expiration of a period of six months after the

date of entry into force of this Protocol. Article 4 of this Protocol shall not apply to applications in respect of which

the final decision within the meaning of Article 35, paragraph 1 of the Convention was taken prior to the date of

entry into force of Article 4 of this Protocol.

4 All other provisions of this Protocol shall apply from its date of entry into force, in accordance with the

provisions of Article 7.

Article 9

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council of Europe and

the other High Contracting Parties to the Convention of:

a any signature;

b the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;

c the date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with Article 7; and

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 24th day of June 2013, 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 and to the other

High Contracting Parties to the Convention.