2.
After each of its meetings, the Convention
Committee shall submit to the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe a report on its work and on
the functioning of this Convention.
the date on which the Party to this Convention which
has notified the objection has deposited its instrument
of acceptance with the Secretary General of the Council
of Europe.
3.
The voting arrangements in the Convention
Committee are laid down in the elements for the Rules
of Procedure appended to Protocol CETS No. [223].
Chapter VIII – Final clauses
4.
The Convention Committee shall draw up the
other elements of its Rules of Procedure and establish,
in particular, the procedures for evaluation and review
referred to in Article 4, paragraph 3, and Article 23,
litterae e, f and h on the basis of objective criteria.
Chapter VII – Amendments
Article 25 – Amendments
1.
Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by a Party, the Committee of Ministers of the
Council of Europe or the Convention Committee.
2.
Any proposal for amendment shall be communicated by the Secretary General of the Council
of Europe to the Parties to this Convention, to the
other member States of the Council of Europe, to the
European Union and to every non-member State or
international organisation which has been invited
to accede to this Convention in accordance with the
provisions of Article 27.
3.
Moreover, any amendment proposed by a Party
or the Committee of Ministers shall be communicated
to the Convention Committee, which shall submit to
the Committee of Ministers its opinion on that proposed amendment.
4.
The Committee of Ministers shall consider the
proposed amendment and any opinion submitted
by the Convention Committee and may approve the
amendment.
5.
The text of any amendment approved by the
Committee of Ministers in accordance with paragraph
4 of this article shall be forwarded to the Parties for
acceptance.
6.
Any amendment approved in accordance with
paragraph 4 of this article shall come into force on
the thirtieth day after all Parties have informed the
Secretary General of their acceptance thereof.
7.
Moreover, the Committee of Ministers may, after
consulting the Convention Committee, decide unanimously that a particular amendment shall enter into
force at the expiration of a period of three years from
the date on which it has been opened to acceptance,
unless a Party notifies the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe of an objection to its entry into force.
If such an objection is notified, the amendment shall
enter into force on the first day of the month following
Article 26 – Entry into force
1.
This Convention shall be open for signature
by the member States of the Council of Europe and
by the European Union. It is subject to ratification,
acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification,
acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2.
This Convention 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 five member
States of the Council of Europe have expressed their
consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance
with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
3.
In respect of any Party which subsequently
expresses its consent to be bound by it, 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 deposit of the instrument of ratification,
acceptance or approval.
Article 27 – Accession by non-member
States or international organisations
1.
After the entry into force of this Convention, the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may,
after consulting the Parties to this Convention and
obtaining their unanimous agreement, and in light of
the opinion prepared by the Convention Committee
in accordance with Article 23.e, invite any State not a
member of the Council of Europe or an international
organisation to accede to this Convention by a decision
taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.d of the
Statute of the Council of Europe and by the unanimous
vote of the representatives of the Contracting States
entitled to sit on the Committee of Ministers.
2.
In respect of any State or international organisation acceding to this Convention according to paragraph 1 above, 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 deposit
of the instrument of accession with the Secretary
General of the Council of Europe.
Article 28 – Territorial clause
1.
Any State, the European Union or other international organisation 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.
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