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Article 4 – Territorial application

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

approval, specify the territory or territories to which this Protocol 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 Protocol to any other territory specified in the declaration. In respect of

such territory the Protocol 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such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

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 5 – Signature and entry into force

1 This Protocol shall be open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe signatories to the

Charter. It is 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, accepted or approved

the Charter. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of

the Council of Europe.

2 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 eight member States of the Council of Europe have expressed their consent to

be bound by the Protocol in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.

3 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 expiration of a period of three months after the

date of the deposit of the instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

Article 6 – Denunciation

1 Any Party may at any time 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.

Article 7 – Notifications

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

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 Article 5;

d any notification received in application of the provisions of Article 3;

e 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 Utrecht, this 16th day of November 2009, 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.

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