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Art.48 |
Article 48 (FN: Text amended according to the provisions of the Additional Protocol (ETS No. 103) which entered into force on 7 November 1989.) |
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Art.48.1 |
1. This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. It shall be subject to ratification or acceptance. Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. |
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Art.48.2 |
2. This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of the deposit of the fourth instrument of ratification or acceptance. |
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Art.48.3 |
3. In respect of a signatory State ratifying or accepting subsequently, the Convention shall come into force six months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or acceptance. |
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Art.48.4 |
4. The European Economic Community may become a Contracting Party to this Convention by signing it. The Convention shall enter into force in respect of the Community six months after the date of its signature. |
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Art.51 |
Article 51 |
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Art.51.1 |
1. This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely. |
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Art.51.2 |
2. Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. |
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Art.51.3 |
3. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification. |
