The accession will have effect only as regards the relations between the acceding State and such
Contracting States as will have declared their acceptance of the accession. Such a declaration will also
have to be made by any Member State ratifying, accepting or approving the Convention after an
accession. Such declaration shall be deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands; this Ministry shall forward, through diplomatic channels, a certified copy to each of the
Contracting States.
The Convention will enter into force as between the acceding State and the State that has declared its
acceptance of the accession on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of the
declaration of acceptance.
Article 39
Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that the
Convention shall extend to all the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible, or to
one or more of them. Such a declaration shall take effect at the time the Convention enters into force for
that State.
Such declaration, as well as any subsequent extension, shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Article 40
If a Contracting State has two or more territorial units in which different systems of law are applicable in
relation to matters dealt with in this Convention, it may at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance,
approval or accession declare that this Convention shall extend to all its territorial units or only to one or
more of them and may modify this declaration by submitting another declaration at any time.
Any such declaration shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and shall state expressly the territorial units to which the Convention applies.
Article 41
Where a Contracting State has a system of government under which executive, judicial and legislative
powers are distributed between central and other authorities within that State, its signature or ratification,
acceptance or approval of, or accession to this Convention, or its making of any declaration in terms of
Article 40 shall carry no implication as to the internal distribution of powers within that State.
Article 42
Any State may, not later than the time of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or at the time
of making a declaration in terms of Article 39 or 40, make one or both of the reservations provided for in
Article 24 and Article 26, third paragraph. No other reservation shall be permitted.
Any State may at any time withdraw a reservation it has made. The withdrawal shall be notified to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The reservation shall cease to have effect on the first day of the third calendar month after the notification
referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 43
The Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third calendar month after the deposit of the
third instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession referred to in Articles 37 and 38.