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Article 14

This Agreement shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, who may become Parties to it either by: signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; or signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance. Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Article 15

This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which three member States of the Council shall have become Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of Article 14. As regards any member States who shall subsequently sign the Agreement without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance or who shall ratify or accept it, the Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification or acceptance.

Article 16

After the entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto. Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect one month after the date of its deposit.

Article 17

Any signatory State, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance, or any acceding State, when depositing its instrument of accession, may specify the territory or territories to which this Agreement shall apply. Any signatory State, when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance or at any later date, or any acceding State, when depositing its instrument of accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, may extend this Agreement to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings. Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in Article 20 of this Agreement.

Article 18

Any signatory State, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance, or any acceding State when depositing its instrument of accession, may declare that it avails itself of one or more of the reservations provided for in Annex II to this Agreement. No other reservation shall be admissible. Any signatory State or any Contracting Party may wholly or partly withdraw a reservation it has made in accordance with the foregoing paragraph 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.

Article 19

Any signatory State, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance, or any acceding State when depositing its instrument of accession, shall make known the benefits to be listed at Annex I in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 10. Any notification referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 10 shall be addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and shall state the date from which it takes effect.

Article 20

This Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely. Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Agreement by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

Article 21

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Agreement of: any signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; any signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession; the lists of benefits listed at Annex I; any date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with Article 15 thereof: any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 17; any reservation made in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 18; the withdrawal of any reservation carried out in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 18; any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 19; any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of Article 20 and the date on which denunciation takes effect.

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