1 This Protocol shall be open for ratification, acceptance or approval by the Parties to the Convention.
2 Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3 This Protocol 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 all Parties to the Convention have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
4 However, this Protocol shall enter into force following the expiry of a period of two years after the date on which it has been opened to ratification, acceptance or approval, unless a Party to the Convention has notified the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of an objection to its entry into force. The right to make an objection shall be reserved to those States or the European Union which were Parties to the Convention at the date of opening for ratification, acceptance or approval of this Protocol.
5 Should such an objection be notified, the Protocol 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 the Party to the Convention which has notified the objection has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2 Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3 This Protocol 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 all Parties to the Convention have expressed their consent to be bound by the Protocol, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
4 However, this Protocol shall enter into force following the expiry of a period of two years after the date on which it has been opened to ratification, acceptance or approval, unless a Party to the Convention has notified the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of an objection to its entry into force. The right to make an objection shall be reserved to those States or the European Union which were Parties to the Convention at the date of opening for ratification, acceptance or approval of this Protocol.
5 Should such an objection be notified, the Protocol 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 the Party to the Convention which has notified the objection has deposited its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.