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Contracting Parties Additional Protocol to the Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts (1974) Türkiye

Dates Signature: May 24, 1974 Ratification: December 19, 1975 Entry into force: January 20, 1976

Declarations, Reservations

Reservation made upon ratification:
"The Government of Turkey, while ratifying the Additional Protocol to the Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts, declares that it does not consider itself bound to carry out the provisions of the said Additional Protocol in relation to the Greek Cypriot Administration, which is not constitutionally entitled to represent alone the Republic of Cyprus."
[The Notification of the above reservation mentioned the Decision taken by the Committee of Ministers in February 1976, at the 254th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies, which reads as follows:
"The Deputies, In the light of the foregoing discussion, and referring solely to the procedural aspects of the deposit of the seven instruments of ratification, Considered that the Secretary General should proceed, with effect from 19 December 1975 to the registration of these instruments of ratification as presented by the Permanent Representative of Turkey by letters dated 19 December 1975 and notify the Governments of member States thereof, it being understood that the registration of reservations by the Secretary General has no effect on their validity.
The above decision will in no way affect the position of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe."]