Any State which does not have in service warships, military aircraft or other government ships or aircraft operated for non-commercial purposes, which would enable it to become an intervening State under this Agreement 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 declare that it will not apply paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
Država, ki nima v uporabi vojnih ladij, vojaških zrakoplovov ali drugih državnih ladij ali zrakoplovov, ki plujejo za negospodarske namene, kar bi ji omogočilo, da bi lahko država, ki ukrepa, po tem sporazumu ob podpisu ali deponiranju svoje listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju, odobritvi ali pristopu z izjavo, naslovljeno na generalnega sekretarja Sveta Evrope, izjavi, da ne bo uporabljala drugega in tretjega odstavka tega člena.