Vsaka pogodbenica lahko ob podpisu ali deponiranju svoje listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju, odobritvi ali pristopu da generalnemu sekretarju Sveta Evrope izjavo, da si pridržuje pravico zahtevati, da so njej poslana zaprosila, druga sporočila in priložena dokumentacija napisani v jeziku te pogodbenice ali v enem od uradnih jezikov Sveta Evrope ali pa v enem od teh jezikov, ki ga sama določi, oziroma da jim je priložen tak prevod.
At the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, any Party may communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe a declaration that it reserves the right to require that requests, other communications and supporting documents sent to it, be made in or 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 these languages as it shall indicate.