2.
Any State, the European Union or other international organisation may, at any later date, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council
of Europe, extend the application of this Convention
to any other territory specified in the declaration. In
respect of such territory 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 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in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification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. 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 29 – Reservations
No reservation may be made in respect of the provisions of this Convention.
Article 30 – Denunciation
1.
Any Party may at any time denounce this
Convention 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 31 – Notifications
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall
notify the member States of the Council and any Party
to this Convention 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 Convention
in accordance with Articles 26, 27 and 28;
d.
any other act, notification or communication
relating to this Convention.
Appendix to the Protocol:
Elements for the Rules of Procedure of
the Convention Committee
1.
Each Party has a right to vote and shall have one
vote.
2.
A two-thirds majority of representatives of the
Parties shall constitute a quorum for the meetings of
the Convention Committee. In case the amending
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Protocol to the Convention enters into force in accordance with its Article 37 (2) before its entry into force in
respect of all Contracting States to the Convention, the
quorum for the meetings of the Convention Committee
shall be no less than 34 Parties to the Protocol.
3.
The decisions under Article 23 shall be taken by
a four-fifths majority. The decisions pursuant to Article
23 littera h shall be taken by a four-fifths majority,
including a majority of the votes of States Parties not
members of a regional integration organisation that
is a Party to the Convention.
4.
Where the Convention Committee takes decisions pursuant to Article 23 littera h, the Party concerned by the review shall not vote. Whenever such a
decision concerns a matter falling within the competence of a regional integration organisation, neither
the organisation nor its member States shall vote.
5.
Decisions concerning procedural issues shall be
taken by a simple majority.
6.
Regional integration organisations, in matters
within their competence, may exercise their right to
vote in the Convention Committee, with a number of
votes equal to the number of their member States that
are Parties to the Convention. Such an organisation
shall not exercise its right to vote if any of its member
States exercises its right.
7.
In case of vote, all Parties must be informed of
the subject and time for the vote, as well as whether
the vote will be exercised by the Parties individually
or by a regional integration organisation on behalf of
its member States.
8.
The Convention Committee may further amend
its rules of procedure by a two-thirds majority, except
for the voting arrangements which may only be
amended by unanimous vote of the Parties and to
which Article 25 of the Convention applies.