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depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. The same shall apply to any

declaration made in respect or by virtue of any provision of the Convention or the two Additional Protocols thereto.

2 – Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance,

approval or accession, declare that it avails itself of the right not to accept wholly or in part Article 2, paragraph

1, of this Protocol. No other reservation may be made.

3 – Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance,

approval or accession, or at any later time, make the declarations provided for in Article 4, paragraph 5, and in

Article 5 of this Protocol.

4 – Any State may wholly or partially withdraw a reservation or declaration it has made in accordance with

this Protocol, by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, which shall

become effective as from the date of its receipt.

5 – Any Party which has made a reservation to Article 2, paragraph 1, of this Protocol, in accordance with

paragraph 2 of this article may not claim the application of that paragraph by another Party. It may, however, if

its reservation is partial or conditional, claim the application of that paragraph in so far as it has itself accepted it.

Article 18

Denunciation

1 – Any Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Protocol by means of a notification addressed

to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

2 – Such 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 of the Council of Europe.

3 – Denunciation of the Convention automatically entails denunciation of this Protocol.

Article 19

Notifications

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

any State which has acceded to this Protocol 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 Protocol in accordance with Articles 14 and 15;

d) Any declaration made in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 5, Article 5, Article 16 and Article 17,

paragraph 1, and any withdrawal of such a declaration;

e) Any reservation made in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 2, and any withdrawal of such a reservation;

f) Any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of Article 18 and the date on which denunciation

takes effect;

g) Any other act, declaration, notification or communication relating to this Protocol.

In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.

Done at Strasbourg, this 10th day of November 2010, 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 non-member States which have acceded to the Convention.