Council Decision of 26 July 2010 on the signing and… Article 5

Article 5

This Protocol shall be ratified or approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures. The instruments of ratification or approval shall be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month after the last instrument of ratification or approval has been deposited. Pending the completion of the procedures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, this Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the first day of the third month following. the deposit of the last notification to this effect.