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ETS 166 – European Convention on Nationality, 6.XI.1997
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Any State 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 and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is
authorised to give undertakings. 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.
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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specified in such declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary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 three months after the date of receipt of such notification by the
Secretary General.
Article 31 – Denunciation
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Any State Party may at any time denounce the Convention as a whole or Chapter VII only by
means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
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Such denunciation shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration
of a period of three months after the date of receipt of notification by the Secretary General.
Article 32 – Notifications by the Secretary General
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council
of Europe, any Signatory, any Party and any other State which has acceded 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 27 or 28 of this
Convention;
d
any reservation and withdrawal of reservations made in pursuance of the provisions of
Article 29 of this Convention;
e
any notification or declaration made under the provisions of Articles 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29,
30 and 31 of this Convention;
f
any other act, notification or communication relating to this Convention.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this
Convention.
Done at Strasbourg, this sixth day of November 1997, 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, to the non-member States which have
participated in the elaboration of this Convention and to any State invited to accede to this
Convention.