identifier: ETS No. 079

openingPlace: Strasbourg

reference: ETS No. 079

title: European Convention on Civil Liability for Damage caused by Motor Vehicles

text: European Treaty Series - No. 79

text: Strasbourg, 14.V.1973

text: Preamble

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatories of this Convention, Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members; Considering that the steady growth of road traffic has resulted in an increase in the number of accidents, which calls for an improvement of the systems of liability for damage; Considering that international road traffic is at present subject to legal systems of liability which differ from one State to another; Considering that it is appropriate to harmonise the law in this matter and to improve the position of victims, Have agreed as follows:

text: Each Contracting State shall make its national law conform with the provisions of this Convention not later than the date of the entry into force of the Convention in respect of that State. 2 Each Contracting State shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, not later than the date of the entry into force of the Convention in respect of that State, any text adopted or a statement of the contents of the existing law which it relies on to implement the provisions of this Convention, including any option of which the State avails itself.

text: Article 1 – Duties of Contracting States

text: This Convention shall apply to civil liability for damage caused by a vehicle and resulting from an accident connected with traffic. Each Contracting State may, however, limit the application of the Convention to accidents connected with traffic on the public highway and in grounds open to the public.

text: Article 2 – Scope of the Convention

text: "keeper", in relation to a vehicle, means the person who controls the use of the vehicle. The person under whose name a vehicle is registered or, in the absence of registration, the owner of a vehicle shall be presumed to control the use of the vehicle, unless the contrary is proved. The occasional user of a vehicle shall not be considered to control the use of the vehicle, unless he has taken possession of the vehicle illegally. Each Contracting State may, however, implement the provisions of this sub-paragraph with the modifications it considers necessary.

text: For the purpose of this Convention: a "vehicle" means a vehicle which is provided with a motor for its propulsion and intended to travel on the ground, other than a vehicle running on rails or a hovercraft;

text: ETS 79 – Civil Liability Vehicles, 14.V.1973 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: For the purposes of this Convention, damage caused by the vehicle includes damage caused by a trailer or any object hauled by or attached to the vehicle or by anything transported even when detached accidentally.

text: Article 3 – Definitions

text: The keeper of a vehicle shall be liable for damage caused by the vehicle, subject to the restrictions provided in this Convention.

text: Each Contracting State may provide that the direct liability of an insurer shall be wholly or partly substituted for the liability of the keeper under this Convention, provided that the victim shall be protected to the same extent as if the keeper were liable.

text: Article 4 – Principle of liability

text: If a victim or person suffering damage, other than a keeper of a vehicle involved in the accident, has committed a fault which contributed to the damage, the compensation may be reduced or disallowed having regard to the circumstances of the accident within the meaning of

text: Article 9

text: The same shall apply when the contribution to the damage is due to circumstances in which the victim or the person suffering damage would be liable irrespective of his fault.

text: Article 5 – Contribution of the victim to the damage

text: When, as a result of an accident, damage is caused by two or more vehicles to persons other than the keepers of the vehicles involved, the keepers of the vehicles which caused the damage shall, subject to the provisions of

text: Articles 8

text: and 10, each be liable for such damage in full (in solidum).

text: In this case, in the mutual relations between the keepers liable, the damages shall be apportioned having regard to the contribution of the vehicles to the damage.

text: Article 6 – Liability of two or more keepers to third parties

text: When, as a result of an accident, one or more keepers of the vehicles involved in the accident suffer damage, each keeper liable shall be liable only for his share of the damages according to the contribution of the vehicles to the damage. Each Contracting State may, however, derogate from this rule by providing for liability in full (in solidum).

text: Article 7 – Damage to keepers

text: As regards damage for which the keeper of a vehicle is not liable by virtue of

text: Article 10

text: or under the terms of a contract permitted by national law, the keepers of other vehicles which have contributed to the damage shall not be liable under this Convention for the share of the damages which would fall on the keeper in question having regard to the contribution of the vehicles to the damage.

text: When the keeper of a vehicle is liable for damage caused to the driver of the vehicle, each Contracting State may nevertheless provide that the keepers of other vehicles which have contributed to the damage shall not be liable for the share of the damages that falls on the keeper in question.

text: Article 8 – Exceptions to the keepers' liability in full

text: For the purposes of this Convention, the contribution of the vehicles to the damage shall be determined having regard to the circumstances of the accident, such as the fault of ill-health of a driver or passenger, the inherent risks of the vehicles or the irregular behaviour of a vehicle, whatever may be its cause, for instance a defect of the vehicle, the intervention of a third party, or a natural event other than a grave natural disaster of an exceptional nature.

text: If the circumstances do not indicate otherwise, the contribution of the vehicles to the damage shall be regarded as equal.

text: If and to the extent that the share of the damages for which a keeper is liable cannot be recovered wholly or partially from him, from the insurer, or from a guarantee fund or a similar body, it shall be borne by the other keepers in proportion to the contribution of their vehicles to the damage.

text: Article 9 – Apportionment of liability between keepers

text: The keeper of a vehicle shall not incur liability under this Convention in respect of any damage to the vehicle, a trailer or any object hauled by or attached to that vehicle or any thing transported by the vehicle even when detached accidentally, with the exception of the personal effects, such as clothes and luggage, of a person carried.

text: Each Contracting State may provide that the keeper of a vehicle shall not be liable under this Convention for damage caused to the driver of the vehicle.

text: Article 10 – Damage excluded

text: damage caused by a vehicle and resulting from its use exclusively for a non-vehicular purpose;

text: nuclear damage;

text: damage directly due to an act of armed conflict, hosilities, civil war, insurrection or a grave natural disaster of an exceptional character.

text: This Convention shall not apply to:

text: Each Contracting State shall have the option not to apply this Convention to damage caused by specified categories of vehicles creating little risk for the traffic, for example pedestriancontrolled vehicles, certain agricultural machines and mopeds of low power and speed.

text: Article 11 – Exceptions to the application of the Convention

text: the nature, form, extent and any limits on the amount of compensation;

text: actions for damages against persons other than keepers and recourse actions brought by or against such persons;

text: recourse actions brought by keepers in respect of the share of the damages of another keeper for which they are made liable under

text: Article 9

text: , paragraph 3;

text: whether a claim may be defeated or the compensation may be reduced because of the assumption of an exceptional risk by the victim or person suffering damage, or because of his criminal conduct or his acquiescence in such conduct of the driver.

text: Amongst the matters left to the law of each Contracting State are the following:

text: Each Contracting State may assimilate wholly or partially to a keeper of a vehicle involved in an accident any other person involved in the accident who, according to national law, is liable irrespective of fault for damage resulting from the accident.

text: Each Contracting State shall have the option to derogate from this Convention so as to avoid conflicts with its law on workmen's compensation or any social security scheme.

text: Article 12 – Matters left to national law

text: This Convention shall not prevent the Contracting States:

text: from adopting rules more favourable to persons suffering damage, except as regards the mutual relations between keepers liable;

text: from applying the rules of the Convention to accidents, damage or means of transport other than those covered by this Convention.

text: Article 13 – Extended protection and application

text: 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.

text: This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification or acceptance.

text: 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.

text: Article 14 – Entry into force of the Convention

text: After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite non-member States to accede.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect six months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 15 – Accession of a State not a member of the Council of Europe

text: Any Contracting State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territory to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any Contracting State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 19

text: of this Convention.

text: Article 16 – Territorial scope of the Convention

text: No reservation shall be made to the provisions of this Convention except that mentioned in the annex to this Convention.

text: The Contracting State which has made the reservation mentioned in the annex to this Convention may withdraw it by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.

text: Article 17 – Reservations

text: Each Contracting State which wants to avail itself of one of the options set forth in

text: Article 2

text: Article 3

text: , paragraph 1. b,

text: Article 4

text: , paragraph 2,

text: Article 7

text: Article 8

text: , paragraph 2,

text: Article 10

text: , paragraph 2,

text: Article 11

text: , paragraph 2 and

text: Article 12

text: , paragraphs 2 and 3 shall, when signing this Convention or when depositing the instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, declare by means of a notification to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe its intention to do so and in what way it intends to exercise the option.

text: If, after the entry into force of the Convention in respect of a Contracting State, that State deems it necessary to avail itself of one of the options mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of its intention to do so before the entry into force of the relevant provisions under domestic law.

text: Each Contracting State may, at any time, by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declare that it no longer avails itself of an option exercised in accordance with the preceding paragraphs. The notification shall indicate the date on which the change takes effect.

text: Article 18 – Declarations concerning options

text: This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely.

text: Any Contracting State 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.

text: Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 19 – Duration of the Convention and denunciation

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention of:

text: any signature;

text: any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession;

text: any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Article 14

text: thereof;

text: any reservation made in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 17

text: , paragraph 1;

text: withdrawal of any reservation carried out in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 17

text: , paragraph 2;

text: any communication received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 1

text: , paragraph 2,

text: Article 16

text: , paragraphs 2 and 3 and

text: Article 18

text: , paragraphs 1, 2 and 3;

text: any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 19

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect.

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

text: Done at Strasbourg, this 14th day of May 1973, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Annex

text: Belgium may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance of the Convention, declare that she reserves the right to exclude from the scope of the Convention material damage to vehicles, for a period of three years from the date of the entry into force of the Convention in her respect.

text: Article 20 – Functions of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe


doctype: treaty

identifier: ETS No. 080

publisher: Council of Europe Treaty Office

reference: ETS No. 080

title: Agreement on the Transfer of Corpses

text: European Treaty Series - No. 80

type: stycke

text: Agreement on the Transfer of Corpses

text: Strasbourg, 26.X.1973

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, Considering that there is an increasing need to simplify formalities relating to the international transfer of corpses; Bearing in mind that the transfer of corpses does not create a risk to health even if death was due to a communicable disease provided that appropriate measures are taken, in particular with regard to the imperviousness of the coffin, Have agreed as follows:

text: The Contracting Parties shall apply, as between themselves, the provisions of this Agreement. 2 For the purpose of this Agreement, transfer of corpses is understood to be the international transport of human remains from the State of departure to the State of destination; the State of departure is that in which the transfer began; in the case of exhumed remains, it is that in which burial had taken place; the State of destination is that in which the corpse is to be buried or cremated after the transport. 3 This Agreement shall not apply to the international transport of ashes.

text: Article 1

type: artikel

text: The provisions of this Agreement embody the maximum requirements which may be stipulated in connection with the despatch of corpses from, their transit through, or their admission to the territory of a Contracting Party. 2 The Contracting Parties remain free to grant greater facilities either by means of bilateral agreements or by decisions arrived at by common accord in special cases and in particular in the case of transfer between frontier regions. For such agreements or decisions to be applicable in any given case, the consent of all the States involved must be obtained.

text: Article 2

text: Any corpse shall, during the transfer, be accompanied by a special document (laissez-passer for a corpse) issued by the competent authority of the State of departure.

text: ETS 80 – Transfer of Corpses, 26.X.1973 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: The laissez-passer shall include at least the information set out in the model annexed to the present Agreement; it shall be made out in the official language or one of the official languages of the State in which it was issued and in one of the official languages of the Council of Europe.

text: Article 3

text: With the exception of the documents required under international conventions and agreements relating to transport in general, or future conventions or arrangements on the transfer of corpses, neither the State of destination nor the transit State shall require any documents other than the laissez-passer for a corpse.

text: Article 4

text: The laissez-passer is issued by the competent authority referred to in

text: Article 8

text: of this Agreement, after it has ascertained that:

ordinal: a

text: all the medical, health, administrative and legal requirements of the regulations in force in the State of departure relating to the transfer of corpses and, where appropriate, burial and exhumation have been complied with;

type: punkt

ordinal: b

text: the remains have been placed in a coffin which complies with the requirements laid down in

text: Articles 6

text: and 7 of this Agreement;

ordinal: c

text: the coffin only contains the remains of the person named in the laissez-passer and such personal effects as are to be buried or cremated with the corpse.

text: Article 5

ordinal: i

text: either an outer coffin in wood with sides at least 20 mm thick and an inner coffin of zinc carefully soldered or of any other material which is self-destroying;

text: The coffin must be impervious; the inside must contain absorbent material. If the competent authority of the State of departure consider it necessary the coffin must be provided with a purifying device to balance the internal and external pressures. It may consist of:

text: ii or a single coffin in wood with sides at least 30 mm thick lined with a sheet of zinc or of any other material which is self-destroying.

text: If the cause of death is a contagious disease, the body itself shall be wrapped in a shroud impregnated with an antiseptic solution.

text: Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article the coffin, if it is to be transferred by air, shall be provided with a purifying device or, failing this, present such guarantees of resistance as are recognised to be adequate by the competent authority of the State of departure.

text: Article 6

text: If the coffin is to be transported like an ordinary consignment, it shall be packaged so that it no longer resembles a coffin, and it shall be indicated that it be handled with care.

text: Article 7

text: Each Contracting Party shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the designation of the competent authority referred to in

text: Article 3

text: , paragraph 1,

text: Article 5

text: and

text: Article 6

text: , paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Agreement.

text: Article 8

text: If a transfer involves a third State which is a Party to the Berlin Arrangement concerning the conveyance of corpses of 10 February 1937, any Contracting State to this Agreement may require another Contracting State to take such measures as are necessary for the former Contracting State to fulfil its obligations under the Berlin Arrangement.

text: Article 9

text: signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, or

text: signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance.

text: This Agreement shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, who may become Parties to it either by:

text: Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: Article 10

text: This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which three member States of the Council shall have become Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of

text: Article 10

text: As regards any member State who shall subsequently sign the Agreement without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance or who shall ratify or accept it, the Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification or acceptance.

text: Article 11

text: After the entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect one month after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 12

text: Any Contracting Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Agreement shall apply.

text: Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Agreement to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings. 3 Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 14

text: of this Agreement.

text: Article 13

text: This Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely. 2 Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Agreement by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 3 Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 14

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Agreement of: a any signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; b any signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance; c the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession; d any date of entry into force of this Agreement, in accordance with

text: Article 11

text: thereof; e any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of

text: Article 13

text: ; f any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 14

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect; g any communication made to him under

text: Article 8

text: In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement. Done at Strasbourg, this 26th day of October 1973, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 15

title: Agreement on the Transfer of Corpses

type: internationell-overenskommelse


doctype: protocol

identifier: ETS No. 081

reference: ETS No. 081

title: Additional Protocol to the Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts

text: European Treaty Series - No. 81

text: Strasbourg, 14.I.1974

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,

text: Considering the desirability of extending the duration of the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts and the Protocol to this Agreement for the benefit of States which are not yet Parties to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations, signed in Rome on 26 October 1961,

text: Have agreed as follows:

text: Paragraph 2 of

text: Article 3

text: of the Protocol to the Agreement is substituted by the following:

text: "2 Nevertheless, as from 1 January 1985, no State may remain or become a Party to this Agreement unless it is also a Party to the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations, signed in Rome on 26 October 1961."

text: Article 1

text: The States signatory to the Agreement and the Protocol thereto may become Parties to this Additional Protocol in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Agreement.

text: The States having acceded to the Agreement and to the Protocol may become Parties to this Additional Protocol by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: Article 2

text: This Additional Protocol shall enter into force one month after the date on which all the Parties to the Agreement and the Protocol have signed this Additional Protocol without reservation in respect of ratification, or have deposited their instrument of ratification or accession in conformity with the provisions of

text: Article 2

text: After the date of entry into force of this Additional Protocol, no State may become a Party to the Agreement and the Protocol without becoming also a Party to this Additional Protocol.

text: ETS 81 – Protection of Television Broadcasts (Additional Protocol), 14.I.1974 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 3

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify member States of the Council, other Contracting Parties to the Agreement and the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation of any signature of this Additional Protocol, together with any reservations as to ratification, and of the deposit of any instrument of ratification of the Additional Protocol or of accession to it, and of the date referred to in paragraph 1 of

text: Article 3

text: of this Additional Protocol.

text: In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Additional Protocol.

text: Done at Strasbourg, this 14th day of January 1974, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 4


identifier: ETS No. 082

reference: ETS No. 082

title: European Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes

text: European Treaty Series - No. 82

text: Strasbourg, 25.I.1974

text: Considering the necessity to safeguard human dignity in time of war and in time of peace;

text: Considering that crimes against humanity and the most serious violations of the laws and customs of war constitute a serious infraction of human dignity;

text: Concerned in consequence to ensure that the punishment of those crimes is not prevented by statutory limitations whether in relation to prosecution or to the enforcement of the punishment;

text: Considering the essential interest in promoting a common criminal policy in this field, the aim of the Council of Europe being to achieve a greater unity between its members,

text: Have agreed as follows:

text: Each Contracting State undertakes to adopt any necessary measures to secure that statutory limitation shall not apply to the prosecution of the following offences, or to the enforcement of the sentences imposed for such offences, in so far as they are punishable under its domestic law:

text: the crimes against humanity specified in the

text: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

text: adopted on 9 December 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations;

text: any comparable violations of the laws of war having effect at the time when this Convention enters into force and of customs of war existing at that time, which are not already provided for in the above-mentioned provisions of the Geneva Conventions,

text: a the violations specified in Article 50 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Article 51 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Article 130 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,

text: when the specific violation under consideration is of a particularly grave character by reason either of its factual and intentional elements or of the extent of its foreseeable consequences;

text: ETS 82 – War Crimes, 25.I.1974 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: any other violation of a rule or custom of international law which may hereafter be established and which the Contracting State concerned considers according to a declaration under

text: Article 6

text: as being of a comparable nature to those referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this article.

text: Article 1

text: The present Convention applies to offences committed after its entry into force in respect of the Contracting State concerned.

text: It applies also to offences committed before such entry into force in those cases where the statutory limitation period had not expired at that time.

text: Article 2

text: 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.

text: The Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification or acceptance.

text: In respect of a signatory State ratifying or accepting subsequently, the Convention shall come into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification or acceptance.

text: Article 3

text: After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto, provided that the resolution containing such invitation receives the unanimous agreement of the members of the Council who have ratified the Convention.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 4

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 7

text: of this Convention.

text: Article 5

text: Any Contracting State may, at any time, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any violations provided for in

text: Article 1

text: , paragraph 3, of this Convention. 2 Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 7

text: of this Convention.

text: Article 6

text: This Convention shall remain in force indefinitely. 2 Any Contracting State 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. 3 Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 7

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention of: a any signature; b any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession; c any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Article 3

text: thereof; d any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 5

text: or

text: Article 6

text: ; e any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 7

text: and the date on which the denunciation takes effect.

text: In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. Done at Strasbourg, this 25th day of January 1974, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 8


identifier: ETS No. 083

reference: ETS No. 083

title: European Convention on the Social Protection of Farmers

text: European Treaty Series - No. 83

text: Strasbourg, 6.V.1974

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members, in particular for the purpose of facilitating their economic and social progress; Considering that the improvement of living conditions of farmers through the implementation of appropriate measures can contribute to social progress in Europe; Recalling that the aim of the European Social Charter, also drawn up within the Council of Europe and opened to signature by member States on 18 October 1961, is to improve the standard of living and to promote the social well-being of both their urban and rural populations; Considering that the special conditions and characteristics of farming as well as the changes taking place in the farming world require the adoption of appropriate measures to promote the social well-being of farmers; Considering, in consequence, that measures should be taken to extend and to reinforce the social protection of farmers, the members of their families and, where appropriate, their paid employees, with due regard to the social needs of these persons and to the special conditions of farming, Have agreed as follows:

text: Part I

type: rubrik

text: Each Contracting Party undertakes to apply the provisions of this Convention to its nationals, resident in its territory.

text: Article 1

text: For the purposes of this Convention, the term "farmer" means any self-employed person occupied exclusively or mainly in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, viticulture or other similar work, it being understood that he may be assisted in such work by members of his family and/or paid employees.

text: ETS 83 – Social Protection of Farmers, 6.V.1974 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 2

text: Part II

text: Each Contracting Party shall ensure to farmers, the members of their families and, where appropriate, their paid employees, social protection comparable to that enjoyed by other groups of the population, account being taken of the provisions of

text: Articles 4

text: to 13 of this Convention.

text: Article 3

text: Each Contracting Party shall apply, as far as appropriate, to farmers and persons entitled through them, the social security standards laid down by its laws for the other protected categories of the population.

text: Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article, each Contracting Party shall grant farmers, within appropriate conditions and time-limits, social security protection in respect of at least four of the following contingencies: sickness, maternity, invalidity, old age, death, occupational injuries and diseases and family commitments.

text: Article 4

text: the provision of facilities to enable them to take up a new activity preferably in their own region, in particular, arrangements for vocational guidance, training and re-training;

text: the payment of temporary allowances to enable them to prepare for another activity;

text: the maintenance of acquired rights and of rights in the course of acquisition with regard to social security;

ordinal: d

text: the payment of fair compensation or appropriate grants to a farmer who, because of his age, has difficulty in taking up another activity, provided that his ceasing farming contributes towards structural improvement.

text: Each Contracting Party shall ensure that when a farmer ceases farming for structural or other reasons to be determined by the Contracting Party, he, the members of his family and, where appropriate, any of his paid employees, shall benefit from appropriate measures.

text: These measures shall include:

text: Cessation of farming is not to be interpreted, for the purposes of this article, as excluding the retention by the farmer of a limited area of land for his personal needs.

text: Each Contracting Party shall ensure that when a farmer only partially ceases farming for structural or other reasons to be determined by the Contracting Party, he, the members of his family, and, where appropriate, any of his paid employees, shall benefit from the measures mentioned in sub-paragraphs a, b and c of paragraph 1 above, suitably modified to meet needs.

text: Article 5

text: Each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures to make farmers aware of the objectives of its farming policy, to consult, where appropriate, with farming interests in relation to this policy and to keep farmers informed of relevant international developments in farming.

text: Article 6

text: In the formulation of its regional development policy, each Contracting Party shall take account of the problems caused by the loss of employment in farming areas, in particular with a view to creating new employment there.

text: Article 7

text: Each Contracting Party shall take appropriate measures with a view to: a assuring the provision of adequate socio-cultural facilities in farming areas; b encouraging the improvement of living and sanitary conditions in farm buildings for the benefit of farmers, the members of their families and, where appropriate, their paid employees; c granting advantages such as long-term loans, subsidies or low interest loans to farmers, to facilitate, inter alia, the implementation of the measures referred to in sub-paragraph b above. 2 Each Contracting Party shall also take appropriate measures to make it possible for farmers in areas to be specified by it, to continue farming and to contribute, at the same time, to the upkeep and protection of the countryside, nature conservation, the development of recreational facilities and the maintenance of a suitable demographic balance in those areas.

text: Article 8

text: Each Contracting Party shall take or encourage appropriate measures to guarantee to children resident in farming areas an education and a training of a level equivalent to that enjoyed by children in urban areas. These measures shall relate particularly to: a grants for the construction of such school buildings as are necessary for the gradual abolition of classes comprising children of all ages; b transport to and from schools; c the appointment of sufficient qualified teachers to schools in farming areas.

text: Article 9

text: Each Contracting Party shall take or encourage measures to benefit young persons in farming areas, particularly with a view to: a securing that qualified counsellors are available to give vocational guidance appropriate to their needs, including before school leaving age; b ensuring that they receive such general education and vocational training as will give them opportunities equal to those enjoyed by other young persons as regards integration into working life; c creating or improving, as necessary, vocational schools, training and further training centres and farming colleges; d providing them with educational grants under such conditions as will afford them opportunities equal to those enjoyed by other young persons.

text: Article 10

text: Each Contracting Party shall encourage the provision, in farming areas, of advisory and information services dealing with farming matters and the evolution of the labour market in other sectors of the economy.

text: Article 11

text: Each Contracting Party, in order to ensure as favourable working conditions on farms as possible, shall facilitate and encourage various forms of co-operation, mutual assistance between farmers and, where appropriate, supply of temporary helpers.

text: Article 12

text: With a view to facilitating the tasks inherent in family life on farms, each Contracting Party shall encourage: a the use of facilities intended to simplify and lighten household tasks; b the provision of home aid and family help services.

text: Article 13

text: The provisions of this Convention shall not prejudice the provisions of any international conventions or agreements which are already in force or may come into force under which more favourable treatment would be accorded to the persons referred to in this Convention.

text: Article 14

text: Part III

text: This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. It shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2 This Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. 3 In respect of a signatory State ratifying, accepting or approving subsequently, the Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

text: Article 15

text: After the entry into force of the Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto. 2 Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 16

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn. Such withdrawal shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the declaration of withdrawal.

text: Article 17

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend the benefit of this Convention, or of those provisions thereof which it shall specify, to persons other than its nationals, resident in the territory or territories specified in accordance with

text: Article 17

text: and designated in the declaration.

text: Article 18

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it avails itself of one or more of the reservations provided for in the annex to this Convention. No other reservation shall be admissible.

text: Any State may wholly or partly withdraw a reservation it has made in accordance with the foregoing paragraph by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.

text: Article 19

text: No Contracting Party may denounce this Convention before the end of a period of four years from the date on which the Convention entered into force for it or before the end of any successive period of three years.

text: Such denunciation shall be effected by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 20

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify member States of the Council of Europe and any State which has acceded to this Convention of:

text: any signature;

text: any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

text: any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Article 15

text: thereof;

text: any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of

text: Article 17

ordinal: e

text: Article 18

ordinal: f

text: any reservation made in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1 of

text: Article 19

ordinal: g

text: the withdrawal of any reservation carried out in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of

text: Article 19

ordinal: h

text: any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 20

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect.

text: In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

text: Done at Strasbourg, this 6th day of May 1974, in English and French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 21


identifier: ETS No. 084

reference: ETS No. 084

title: European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents

text: European Treaty Series - No. 84

text: European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-typing reagents

text: Strasbourg, 17.IX.1974

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,

text: Considering that tissue-typing reagents are not available in unlimited quantities;

text: Considering that it is highly desirable that member States, in a spirit of European solidarity, should assist one another in the supply of these tissue-typing reagents, should the need arise;

text: Considering that such mutual assistance is only possible if the character and use of such tissue-typing reagents are subject to rules to be laid down jointly by the member States and if the necessary import facilities and exemptions are granted,

text: Have agreed as follows:

text: For the purposes of this Agreement, the expression "tissue-typing reagents" refers to reagents of human, animal, plant and other origin, used for the determination of tissue-typing.

text: The provisions of

text: Articles 2

text: to 6 of this Agreement shall also apply to cells of known antigenic composition to be used for the investigation of typing reagents.

text: Article 1

text: The Contracting Parties undertake, provided that they have sufficient stocks for their own needs, to make tissue-typing reagents available to other Parties who are in need of them and to charge only those costs of collection, processing and carriage of such substances and the cost (if any) of their purchase.

text: Article 2

text: Tissue-typing reagents shall be made available to the other Contracting Parties subject to the condition that no profit is made on them, and that they shall be used solely for medical and scientific, i.e. non-commercial, purposes and shall be delivered only to laboratories designated by the governments concerned in accordance with

text: Article 6

text: of this Agreement.

text: _____ (*) Text amended pursuant to the provisions of the Additional Protocol (ETS No. 89) as from its entry into force, on 23 April 1977. The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community entered into force on 1 December 2009. As a consequence, as from that date, any reference to the European Economic Community shall be read as the European Union.

text: ETS 84 – Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents, 17.IX.1974 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 3

text: The Contracting Parties shall certify that the provisions as laid down in the Protocol to this Agreement have been observed.

text: They shall also comply with any rules to which they have subscribed with regard to international standardisation in this field.

text: All consignments of tissue-typing reagents shall be accompanied by a certificate to the effect that they were prepared in accordance with the specifications in the Protocol. This certificate shall be based on the model to be found in the Annex to the Protocol.

text: The Protocol and its Annex constitute an administrative arrangement and may be amended or supplemented by the governments of the Parties to this Agreement.

text: Article 4

text: The Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from all import duties the tissue-typing reagents placed at their disposal by the other Parties.

text: They shall also take all necessary measures to provide for the speedy delivery of these substances, by the most direct route, to the consignees referred to in

text: Article 3

text: of this Agreement.

text: Article 5

text: The Contracting Parties shall forward to one another, through the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, a list of the national and/or regional reference laboratories, empowered to issue certificates as provided in

text: Article 4

text: of this Agreement and to distribute imported tissuetyping reagents.

text: Article 6

text: signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, or

text: signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance.

text: This Agreement shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, who may become Parties to it either by:

text: The European Economic Community may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement by signing it.

text: Instruments of ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: Article 7

text: This Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date on which three member States of the Council shall have become Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of

text: Article 7

text: _____ (1) Text amended pursuant to the provisions of the Additional Protocol (ETS No. 89) .

text: As regards any member State who shall subsequently sign the Agreement without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance or who shall ratify or accept it, the Agreement shall enter into force one month after the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification or acceptance.

text: Article 8

text: After the entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect one month after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 9

text: Any Contracting Party may at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession, specify the territories to which this Agreement shall apply.

text: Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession or at any later date, by declaration to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Agreement to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 11

text: of this Agreement.

text: Article 10

text: Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Agreement by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 11

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Agreement, of:

text: any signature without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance;

text: any signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance;

text: the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession;

text: any date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with

text: Article 8

text: thereof;

text: Article 10

text: Article 11

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect;

text: any amendment of or supplement to the Protocol and its Annex under

text: Article 4

text: , paragraph 4, of this Agreement.

text: In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement.

text: Done at Strasbourg, this 17th day of September 1974, in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 12


identifier: ETS No. 085

reference: ETS No. 085

title: European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock

text: European Treaty Series - No. 85

text: European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock

text: Strasbourg, 15.X.1975

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members, in particular by the adoption of common rules in the field of law; Noting that in a great number of member States efforts have been, or are being, made to improve the legal status of children born out of wedlock by reducing the differences between their legal status and that of children born in wedlock which are to the legal or social disadvantage of the former; Recognising that wide disparities in the laws of member States in this field still exist; Believing that the situation of children born out of wedlock should be improved and that the formulation of certain common rules concerning their legal status would assist this objective and at the same time would contribute to a harmonisation of the laws of the member States in this field; Considering however that it is necessary to allow progressive stages for those States which consider themselves unable to adopt immediately certain rules of this Convention, Have agreed as follows:

text: Each Contracting Party undertakes to ensure the conformity of its law with the provisions of this Convention and to notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the measures taken for that purpose.

text: Article 1

text: Maternal affiliation of every child born out of wedlock shall be based solely on the fact of the birth of the child.

text: Article 2

text: Paternal affiliation of every child born out of wedlock may be evidenced or established by voluntary recognition or by judicial decision.

text: Article 3

text: The voluntary recognition of paternity may not be opposed or contested insofar as the internal law provides for these procedures unless the person seeking to recognise or having recognised the child is not the biological father.

text: ETS 85 –Children Born out of Wedlock, 15.X.1975 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 4

text: In actions relating to paternal affiliation scientific evidence which may help to establish or disprove paternity shall be admissible.

text: Article 5

text: The father and mother of a child born out of wedlock shall have the same obligation to maintain the child as if it were born in wedlock. 2 Where a legal obligation to maintain a child born in wedlock falls on certain members of the family of the father or mother, this obligation shall also apply for the benefit of a child born out of wedlock.

text: Article 6

text: Where the affiliation of a child born out of wedlock has been established as regards both parents, parental authority may not be attributed automatically to the father alone. 2 There shall be power to transfer parental authority; cases of transfer shall be governed by the internal law.

text: Article 7

text: Where the father or mother of a child born out of wedlock does not have parental authority over or the custody of the child, that parent may obtain a right of access to the child in appropriate cases.

text: Article 8

text: A child born out of wedlock shall have the same right of succession in the estate of its father and its mother and of a member of its father's or mother's family, as if it had been born in wedlock.

text: Article 9

text: The marriage between the father and mother of a child born out of wedlock shall confer on the child the legal status of a child born in wedlock.

text: Article 10

text: This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. It shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2 This Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. 3 In respect of a signatory State ratifying, accepting or approving subsequently, the Convention shall come into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

text: Article 11

text: After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede to this Convention.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 12

text: Any State may, at the time of signature, or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Article 15

text: of this Convention.

text: Article 13

text: Any State may, at the time of signature, or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or when making a declaration in accordance with paragraph 2 of

text: Article 13

text: of this Convention, make not more than three reservations in respect of the provisions of

text: Articles 2

text: to 10 of the Convention.

text: Reservations of a general nature shall not be permitted; each reservation may not affect more than one provision.

text: A reservation shall be valid for five years from the entry into force of this Convention for the Contracting Party concerned. It may be renewed for successive periods of five years by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe before the expiration of each period.

text: Any Contracting Party may wholly or partly withdraw a reservation it has made in accordance with the foregoing paragraphs by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.

text: Article 14

text: Any Contracting Party may, insofar as it is concerned, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: Article 15

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to this Convention of: a any signature; b any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; c any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Article 11

text: thereof; d any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 1

text: ; e any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of

text: Article 13

text: ; f any reservation made in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1 of

text: Article 14

text: ; g the renewal of any reservation carried out in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 2 of

text: Article 14

text: ; h the withdrawal of any reservation carried out in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of

text: Article 14

text: ; i any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 15

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect.

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. Done at Strasbourg, this 15th day of October 1975, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 16


identifier: ETS No. 086

reference: ETS No. 086

title: Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Extradition

text: European Treaty Series - No. 86

text: Strasbourg, 15.X.1975

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory to this Protocol, Having regard to the provisions of the European Convention on Extradition opened for signature in Paris on 13 December 1957 (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") and in particular

text: Articles 3

text: and 9 thereof; Considering that it is desirable to supplement these Articles with a view to strengthening the protection of humanity and of individuals, Have agreed as follows:

text: Chapter I

text: For the application of

text: Article 3

text: of the Convention, political offences shall not be considered to include the following: a the crimes against humanity specified in the

text: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

text: adopted on 9 December 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations; b the violations specified in Article 50 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Article 51 of the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked members of Armed Forces at Sea, Article 130 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War; c any comparable violations of the laws of war having effect at the time when this Protocol enters into force and of customs of war existing at that time, which are not already provided for in the above-mentioned provisions of the Geneva Conventions.

text: Article 1

text: Chapter II

text: Article 9

text: of the Convention shall be supplemented by the following text, the original

text: Article 9

text: of the Convention becoming paragraph 1 and the under-mentioned provisions becoming paragraphs 2, 3 and 4:

text: ETS 86 – Extradition (Additional Protocol), 15.X.1975 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: “2 The extradition of a person against whom a final judgment has been rendered in a third State, Contracting Party to the Convention, for the offence or offences in respect of which the claim was made, shall not be granted: a if the afore-mentioned judgment resulted in his acquittal; b if the term of imprisonment or other measure to which he was sentenced: i has been completely enforced; ii has been wholly, or with respect to the part not enforced, the subject of a pardon or an amnesty; c if the court convicted the offender without imposing a sanction. 3 However, in the cases referred to in paragraph 2, extradition may be granted: a if the offence in respect of which judgment has been rendered was committed against a person, an institution or any thing having public status in the requesting State; b if the person on whom judgment was passed had himself a public status in the requesting State; c if the offence in respect of which judgment was passed was committed completely or partly in the territory of the requesting State or in a place treated as its territory. 4 The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not prevent the application of wider domestic provisions relating to the effect of ne bis in idem attached to foreign criminal judgments."

text: Article 2

text: Chapter III

text: This Protocol shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe which have signed the Convention. It shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2 The Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date of the deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. 3 In respect of a signatory State ratifying, accepting or approving subsequently, the Protocol shall enter into force 90 days after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. 4 A member State of the Council of Europe may not ratify, accept or approve this Protocol without having, simultaneously or previously, ratified the Convention.

text: Article 3

text: Any State which has acceded to the Convention may accede to this Protocol after the Protocol has entered into force. 2 Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect 90 days after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 4

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Protocol shall apply. 2 Any State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Protocol to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings. 3 Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceeding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 8

text: of this Protocol.

text: Article 5

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it does not accept one or the other of Chapters I or II. 2 Any Contracting Party may withdraw a declaration it has made in accordance with the foregoing paragraph by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe which shall become effective as from the date of its receipt. 3 No reservation may be made to the provisions of this Protocol.

text: Article 6

text: The European Committee on Crime Problems of the Council of Europe shall be kept informed regarding the application of this Protocol and shall do whatever is needful to facilitate a friendly settlement of any difficulty which may arise out of its execution.

text: Article 7

text: Any Contracting Party may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Protocol by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2 Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification. 3 Denunciation of the Convention entails automatically denunciation of this Protocol.

text: Article 8

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any State which has acceded to the Convention of: a any signature; b any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; c any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with

text: Article 3

text: thereof;

text: any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 5

text: and any withdrawal of such a declaration;

text: any declaration made in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 6

text: , paragraph 1;

text: the withdrawal of any declaration carried out in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 6

text: , paragraph 2;

text: any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 8

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol.

text: Done at Strasbourg, this 15th day of October 1975, in English and French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

text: Article 9


identifier: ETS No. 087

reference: ETS No. 087

text: European Treaty Series - No. 87

text: European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes*

text: Strasbourg, 10.III.1976

text: The member States of the Council of Europe signatory hereto,

text: Considering that it is desirable to adopt common provisions for the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, particularly in modern intensive stock-farming systems,

text: Have agreed as follows:

text: Chapter I – General principles

text: This Convention shall apply to the keeping, care and housing of animals, and in particular to animals in modern intensive stock-farming systems. For the purposes of this Convention animals shall mean animals bred or kept for the production of food, wool, skin or fur or for other farming purposes, and modern intensive stock-farming systems shall mean systems which predominantly employ technical installations operated principally by means of automatic processes.

text: Article 1

text: Each Contracting Party shall give effect to the principles of animal welfare laid down in

text: Articles 3

text: to 7 of this Convention.

text: Article 2

text: Animals shall be housed and provided with food, water and care in a manner which – having regard to their species and to their degree of development, adaptation and domestication – is appropriate to their physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge.

text: Article 3

text: The freedom of movement appropriate to an animal, having regard to its species and in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge, shall not be restricted in such a manner as to cause it unnecessary suffering or injury.

text: _____ (*) The Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community entered into force on 1 December 2009. As a consequence, as from that date, any reference to the European Economic Community shall be read as the European Union.

text: ETS 87 – Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes, 10.III.1976 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Where an animal is continuously or regularly tethered or confined, it shall be given the space appropriate to its physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge.

text: Article 4

text: The lighting, temperature, humidity, air circulation, ventilation, and other environmental conditions such as gas concentration or noise intensity in the place in which an animal is housed, shall – having regard to its species and to its degree of development, adaptation and domestication – conform to its physiological and ethological needs in accordance with established experience and scientific knowledge.

text: Article 5

text: No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner, nor shall such food or liquid contain any substance, which may cause unnecessary suffering or injury.

text: Article 6

text: The condition and state of health of animals shall be thoroughly inspected at intervals sufficient to avoid unnecessary suffering and in the case of animals kept in modern intensive stock-farming at least once a day.

text: The technical equipment used in modern intensive stock-farming systems shall be thoroughly inspected at least once a day, and any defect discovered shall be remedied with the least possible delay. When a defect cannot be remedied forthwith, all temporary measures necessary to safeguard the welfare of the animals shall be taken immediately.

text: Article 7

text: Chapter II – Detailed implementation

text: A Standing Committee shall be set up within a year of the entry into force of this Convention.

text: Each Contracting Party shall have the right to appoint a representative to the Standing Committee. Any member State of the Council of Europe which is not a Contracting Party to the Convention shall have the right to be represented on the Committee by an observer.

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall convene the Standing Committee whenever he finds it necessary and in any case when a majority of the representatives of the Contracting Parties or the representative of the European Economic Community, being itself a Contracting Party, request its convocation.

text: A majority of representatives of the Contracting Parties shall constitute a quorum for holding a meeting of the Standing Committee.

text: the adoption of the recommendations provided for in paragraph 1 of

text: Article 9

text: the decision to admit observers other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this article;

text: the adoption of the report referred to in

text: Article 13

text: ; this report could set out, where appropriate, divergent opinions.

text: The Standing Committee shall take its decision by a majority of the votes cast; however, unanimity of the votes cast shall be required for:

text: Subject to the provisions of this Convention, the Standing Committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure.

text: Article 8

text: The Standing Committee shall be responsible for the elaboration and adoption of recommendations to the Contracting Parties containing detailed provisions for the implementation of the principles set out in Chapter I of this Convention, to be based on scientific knowledge concerning the various species of animals.

text: For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities under paragraph 1 of this article, the Standing Committee shall follow developments in scientific research and new methods in animal husbandry.

text: Unless a longer period is decided upon by the Standing Committee, a recommendation shall become effective as such six months after the date of its adoption by the Committee. As from the date when a recommendation becomes effective each Contracting Party shall either implement it or inform the Standing Committee by notification to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the reasons why it has decided that it cannot implement the recommendation or can no longer implement it.

text: If two or more Contracting Parties or the European Economic Community, being itself a Contracting Party, have given notice in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article of their decision not to implement or no longer to implement a recommendation, that recommendation shall cease to have effect.

text: Article 9

text: The Standing Committee shall use its best endeavours to facilitate a friendly settlement of any difficulty which may arise between Contracting Parties concerning the implementation of this Convention.

text: Article 10

text: The Standing Committee may express an advisory opinion on any question concerning the protection of animals at the request of a Contracting Party.

text: Article 11

text: Each Contracting Party may appoint one or more bodies from which the Standing Committee may request information and advice to assist it in its work. Contracting Parties shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the names and addresses of such bodies.

text: Article 12

text: The Standing Committee shall submit to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at the expiry of the third year after the entry into force of this Convention and of each further period of three years, a report on its work and on the functioning of the Convention, including if it deems it necessary proposals for amending the Convention.

text: Article 13

text: Chapter III – Final provisions

text: This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe and by the European Economic Community. It shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: This Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of the deposit of the fourth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval by a member State of the Council of Europe.

text: In respect of a signatory Party ratifying, accepting or approving after the date referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, the Convention shall enter into force six months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

text: Article 14

text: After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may, upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, invite any non-member State to accede thereto.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect six months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 15

text: Any Contracting Party may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any Contracting Party may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the procedure laid down in

text: Article 17

text: of this Convention.

text: Article 16

text: 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.

text: Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 17

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and any Contracting Party not a member of the Council of:

text: any signature;

text: any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; c any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Articles 14

text: and 15 thereof; d any recommendation of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 of

text: Article 9

text: and the date on which it takes effect; e any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of

text: Article 9

text: ; f any communication received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 12

text: ; g any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of

text: Article 16

text: ; h any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 17

text: and the date on which denunciation takes effect.

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. Done at Strasbourg, this 10th day of March 1976, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding Parties.

text: Article 18


identifier: ETS No. 088

openingPlace: Brussels

reference: ETS No. 088

title: European Convention on the International Effects of Deprivation of the Right to Drive a Motor Vehicle

text: European Treaty Series - No. 88

text: Brussels, 3.VI.1976

text: Preamble

text: The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, Having regard to the considerable number of traffic accidents and their serious consequences; Considering that it is of the utmost importance for traffic safety to control traffic offences by adequate means; Considering that, besides other preventive and penal measures, deprivation of a person's right to drive a motor vehicle is an effective means to this end; Considering that increasing international traffic justifies intensified efforts to arrive at harmonisation of national legislation and to ensure that the decisions ordering deprivation of the right to drive have effects outside the State in which they were made; Considering that this co-operation has already been advocated in Resolution (71) 28 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the deprivation of the right to drive a motor vehicle; Recalling that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members, Have agreed as follows:

text: Chapter I – Definitions

text: In this Convention: a "deprivation of the right to drive" (hereinafter referred to as "driving deprivation") means any final measure designed to restrict the right to drive of a driver who has committed a road traffic offence. Such measure may take the form of a main or an accessory penalty or of a security measure and may have been imposed by a judicial or an administrative authority; b "road traffic offence" means any offence listed in the "Common Schedule of Road Traffic Offences" annexed to this Convention.

text: ETS 88 –Deprivation of the Right to Drive a Motor Vehicle, 3.VI.1976 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 1

text: Chapter II – Effects of the driving deprivation

text: The Contracting Party which has ordered a driving deprivation shall without delay notify the Contracting Party which delivered the driving licence and the Contracting Party in whose territory the offender is habitually resident.

text: Article 2

text: The Contracting Party which has been notified of a driving deprivation may, in accordance with its law, order the driving deprivation which it would have deemed useful had the facts and circumstances which prompted the other Contracting Party's action occurred on its own territory.

text: Article 3

text: If so requested, the Contracting Party to which a notification has been addressed shall supply information on any step taken as a result of the notification.

text: Article 4

text: This Convention does not limit the right of the Contracting Parties to impose the measures provided for in their legislation.

text: Article 5

text: Chapter III – Procedure

text: The Contracting Parties shall by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe indicate the authorities which are competent to transmit and to receive the notifications provided for in

text: Article 2

text: , and any other communications which may result from the application of this Convention. 2 Such notifications shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the decision ordering the driving deprivation together with a statement of facts. 3 If the Contracting Party to which a notification has been addressed considers that the information supplied is not adequate to enable it to apply this Convention it shall ask for the necessary additional information and, if required, for the transmission of a certified copy of the file.

text: Article 6

text: The Contracting Parties shall extend their rules on international mutual assistance in criminal matters to include the measures necessary for the application of this Convention.

text: Article 7

text: Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, no translation of notifications or of supporting documents shall be required.

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, by a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, reserve the right to require that notifications and any supporting documents be accompanied by a translation into its own language or into one of the official languages of the Council of Europe or into such one of those languages as it shall indicate. The other Contracting Parties may claim reciprocity.

text: Article 8

text: Documents transmitted in application of this Convention need not be authenticated.

text: Article 9

text: Contracting Parties shall not claim from each other the refund of any expenses resulting from the application of this Convention.

text: Article 10

text: Chapter IV – Final provisions

text: This Convention shall be open to signature by the member States of the Council of Europe. It shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

text: The Convention shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of the third instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

text: In respect of a signatory State ratifying, accepting or approving subsequently, the Convention shall come into force three months after the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

text: Article 11

text: After the entry into force of this Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any non-member State to accede thereto.

text: Such accession shall be effected by depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.

text: Article 12

text: Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories to which this Convention shall apply.

text: Any State may, when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession or at any later date by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend this Convention to any other territory or territories specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is responsible.

text: Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Such withdrawal shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the declaration of withdrawal.

text: Article 13

text: Should two or more Contracting Parties have already established their relations in this matter on the basis of uniform legislation, or instituted a special system of reciprocity of their own providing for more extensive obligations, or should they in future do so, they shall be entitled to regulate those relations accordingly. 2 Contracting Parties ceasing in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article to apply the terms of this Convention to their mutual relations in this matter shall notify the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to that effect.

text: Article 14

text: Any Contracting Party may, insofar as it is concerned, denounce this Convention by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. 2 Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by the Secretary General of such notification.

text: Article 15

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council, and any State that has acceded to this Convention, of: a any signature; b any deposit of an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession; c any date of entry into force of this Convention in accordance with

text: Article 11

text: thereof; d any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 6

text: , paragraph 1; e any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 8

text: , paragraph 2; f any declaration or notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 13

text: ; g any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 14

text: , paragraph 2; h any notification received in pursuance of the provisions of

text: Article 15

text: Article 16

text: This Convention and the declarations and notifications authorised thereby shall apply only to road traffic offences committed after the entry into force of the Convention between the Contracting Parties concerned.

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention. Done at Brussels, this 3rd day of June 1976, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding Parties.

text: Article 17


identifier: ETS No. 089

reference: ETS No. 089

title: Additional Protocol to the European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents

text: European Treaty Series - No. 89

text: Additional Protocol to the European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue- Typing Reagents

text: Strasbourg, 24.VI.1976

text: The member States of the Council of Europe signatory to the European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents (hereafter called the "Agreement") and to this Additional Protocol, Having regard to the provisions of

text: Article 5

text: , paragraph 1 of the Agreement, according to which "the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from all import duties the tissue-typing reagents placed at their disposal by the other Parties"; Considering that so far as the member States of the European Economic Community are concerned, the undertaking to grant this exemption falls within the competence of the Community, which possesses the necessary powers in this respect by virtue of the Treaty which instituted it; Considering therefore that for the purpose of the implementation of

text: Article 5

text: , paragraph 1 of the Agreement, it is necessary for the European Economic Community to be able to become a Contracting Party to the Agreement, Have agreed as follows:

text: The European Economic Community may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement by signing it.

text: Article 1

text: This Additional Protocol shall be open to signature by the States signatory to the Agreement, which may become Parties to the Additional Protocol in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Agreement.

text: Article 2

text: No State may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement without at the same time becoming a Contracting Party to this Additional Protocol, which forms an integral part of the Agreement.

text: Article 3

text: This Additional Protocol shall enter into force on the same date as the Agreement.

text: ETS 89 – Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents (Additional Protocol), 24.VI.1976 __________________________________________________________________________________

text: Article 4

text: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council and the European Economic Community of: a any signature of this Additional Protocol; b the deposit of any instrument of ratification or acceptance; c the date of entry into force of this Additional Protocol.

text: In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Protocol. Done at Strasbourg, this 24th day of June 1976, in English and in French, both texts being equally authoritative, in a single copy which shall remain reposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding Parties.

text: Article 5