**1.** This Protocol shall be open for signature by the States which have signed the Outline Convention, which may express their consent to be bound by either:
signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; or
signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval.
**2.** A member State of the Council of Europe may not sign this Protocol without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval, nor deposit an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval, unless it has already deposited or simultaneously deposits an instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the Outline Convention.
**3.** The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Artikel 8
Artikel 8
Onderdeel van Protocol Nr. 2 bij de Europese Kaderovereenkomst inzake grensoverschrijdende samenwerking tussen territoriale gemeenschappen of autoriteiten, betreffende interterritoriale samenwerking· Financieel en economisch recht
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 februari 2001