Joint Declaration on the right of asylum

The may waive the right to translation by declaring that they understand the language in which the proceedings are being conducted.

If the applicant is not the inventor or is not the sole inventor, the designation shall contain a statement indicating the origin of the right to the European patent.

The Member, Members or international authority concerned may at any time by a subsequent declaration renounce in whole or in part the right to have recourse to any modification indicated in any former declaration.

5 In the case of a vote in the General Assembly concerning modifications of the Appendices to the Convention, Member States which have made a declaration in respect of the Appendix in question pursuant to Article 42 paragraph 1, first sentence, shall not have the right to vote.

He must be instructed immediately that he is not obliged to make any statement, that he has the right to immediate legal representation of his own free choice and that the competent authority must, on his request, notify his relatives or those close to him of the deprivation of his liberty.

He must be immediately advised that he is not obliged to give any statements, that he has the right to immediate legal aid by a defence counsel, whom he can choose freely, and that the competent authority is obliged, at his request, to notify his closest relatives of the apprehension.

Any Contracting State may also, when it expresses its consent to be bound by this Protocol, in accordance with the provisions of Article 13, or at any moment thereafter, declare that it recognises the right of any other representative national nongovernmental organisation within its jurisdiction which has particular competence in the matters governed by the Charter, to lodge complaints against it.

Nevertheless, the right of individual recourse recognised by a declaration made under Article 25 of the Convention, or the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court by a declaration made under Article 46 of the Convention, shall not be effective in relation to this Protocol unless the State concerned has made a statement recognising such right, or accepting such jurisdiction in respect of Articles 1 to 5 of this Protocol.

The Member States declare that this Convention is without prejudice either to the right of asylum to the extent to which it is recognized by their respective constitutions or to the application by the Member States of the provisions of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954 and by the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 31 January 1967.

Any Member State that, during a plenipotentiary conference, reserves its right to make reservations as specified in its declaration when signing the final acts, may make reservations regarding an amendment to the Constitution or to this Convention until such time as its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of or accession to the amendment has been deposited with the Secretary-General.

He must be immediately cautioned that he is not obliged to say anything, that he has the right to immediate legal aid offered by a defence counsel whom he may freely choose, and that the competent authority is obliged, at his request, to notify of the detention his closest relatives or employer; if the accused person is a foreign citizen, the competent authority shall also be obliged, at the accused person's request, to notify the consulate of his country.

Nevertheless, the right of individual recourse recognised by a declartion made under Article 25 of the Convention, or the acceptance of the compulsory Jurisdiction of the Court by a declaration made under. Article 46 of the Convention, shall not be effective in relation to this Protocol unless the High Contracting Party concerned has made a statement recognising such right, or accepting such jurisdiction, in respect of all or any of Articles 1 to 4 of the Protocol.

2) Without prejudice to the application of Articles 19 to 23 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969 to the other Articles of this Convention, any State or the European Community may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Convention, declare that it reserves the right to not apply paragraph 1 of this Article as far as extradition in respect of an offence set forth in this Convention is concerned.

RECOGNIZING that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies and have the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as set forth in principle 1(a) of the Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests;

Declaration on the right of access to information

Declarations to facilitate the exercise of rights to install facilities and rights of interconnection

Such declarations should not by themselves constitute entitlements to rights nor should any rights under the general authorisation or rights of use or the exercise of such rights depend upon a declaration.

The Office shall inform the International Bureau of any declaration of a loss of the right of seniority pursuant to paragraph 2.

Right of reply enables every individual to correct incorrect assertions about him/her, or to react to defamatory statements.

Administrations shall specify, bearing in mind the provisions of regulation XI-2/9.2.3, the minimum period for which Declarations of Security shall be kept by ships entitled to fly their flag.

At the same time, the worker shall sign a declaration certifying that he has no right to family allowances under the legislation of the country of residence of the members of the family, by virtue of a professional or trade activity.

A complainant's right to consult the files does not share the same basis as the rights of defence of the addressees of a statement of objections, and there are no grounds for treating the rights of the complainant as equivalent to those of the firms objected to.

With regard to the Declaration by Greece, Spain and Portugal on Article 161 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria declare that that Declaration is without prejudice to actions of the European Commission, in particular with respect to its right of initiative.

The only exception is the constitution of Lesotho, which provides that 'any person who feels aggrieved by statements or ideas disseminated to the public by a medium of communication has the right to reply or to require correction to be made using the same medium under such conditions as the law may establish'.

a statement by the employer shall not, however, be required in the case of workers coming within the provisions of the Council Directive of 25 February 19641 on the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of the activities of intermediaries in commerce, industry and small craft industries.

Bearing in mind the need to ensure an adequate, comparable and equal representation of the Member States in the Council according to the number of their population, the Republic of Latvia declares that it reserves the rights to discuss the issue of the weighting of votes in the Council during the next Intergovernmental Conference.

Ireland declares that it intends to exercise its right under Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland to take part in the adoption of measures pursuant to Title IIIa of the Treaty establishing the European Community to the maximum extent compatible with the maintenance of its Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom.

At the request of an undertaking, national regulatory authorities shall, within one week, issue standardised declarations, confirming, where applicable, that the undertaking has submitted a notification under Article 3(2) and detailing under what circumstances any undertaking providing electronic communications networks or services under the general authorisation has the right to apply for rights to install facilities, negotiate interconnection, and/or obtain access or interconnection in order to facilitate the exercise of those rights for instance at other levels of government or in relation to other undertakings.

This certified statement shall be issued by the French institution competent in respect of unemployment matters or by the institution designated by the competent French authority, at the request of the unemployed person who shall sign a declaration certifying that he has no right to family allowances under the legislation of the country of residence of the members of the family by virtue of a professional or trade activity. If the members of the family do not submit the said certified statement the institution of the place of residence shall obtain it from the competent institution.

Parties to the appeal proceedings shall be entitled to make oral representations.

Council Statements made on adopting the texts concerning freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for doctors within the Community

The Parties shall receive a copy of any such written deposition or shall have the right to participate in any such examination.

a declaration by the applicant disclaiming any exclusive right to some element of the mark pursuant to Article 38 (2) of the Regulation;

The application may include a statement by the applicant that he disclaims any exclusive right to an element of the trade mark which is not distinctive, to be specified by the applicant.

The Commission reserves the right to declare that individual licensed fumigation operatives can no longer be accepted for the purpose of this Decision.

These producers shall present to the distiller a copy of a statement waiving entitlement to the aid concerned, stamped by the competent authority designated by the Member State;

A complainant's right to consult the files does not share the same basis as the rights of defence of the addressees of a statement of objections, and there are no grounds for treating the rights of the complainant as equivalent to those of the firms objected to.

Having regard to the declaration regarding the right of access to information annexed to the final act of the Treaty on European Union, which emphasises that transparency in the decision-making process strengthens the democratic nature of the institutions and the public's confidence in the administration,

Having regard to the declaration on the right of access to information annexed to the final act of the Treaty on European Union, which emphasizes that transparency of the decision-making process strengthens the democratic nature of the institutions and the public's confidence in the administration,

'A statement of the circumstances establishing the right to intervene, where the application is submitted pursuant to the second or third paragraph of Article 37 of the EC Statute, Article 34 of the ECSC Statute or the second paragraph of Article 38 of the Euratom Statute.'

This certified statement shall be issued by the French institution competent in respect of unemployment matters or by the institution designated by the competent French authority, at the request of the unemployed person who shall sign a declaration certifying that he has no right to family allowances under the legislation of the country of residence of the members of the family by virtue of a professional or trade activity.

Should any default termination occur under any netting agreement (including under Appendix 2 to this Agreement), then the ECB shall have the right to declare, by written notice to the Counterparty, that a default termination has occurred under each other netting agreement in respect of which default termination has not occurred in accordance with the provisions thereof.

At the same time, the worker shall sign a declaration certifying that he has no right to family allowances under the legislation of the country of residence of the members of the family, by virtue of a professional or trade activity. Where French legislation provides for entitlement to family allowances to last for a period corresponding to the duration of the periods of employment, the certified statement shall specify the duration of employment completed in the course of the period concerned.

Where the procedure for temporary total or partial withdrawal of access to tariff quotas is applied the Commission shall publish a notice in the "C" series of the Official Journal stating that it has reasonable doubt as to entitlement to benefit under this Regulation and listing the goods, producers and exporters concerned.

Council Statements on the Directive concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in veterinary medicine, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services (OJ No C 308, 23.12.1978, p. 1).

If the extradition of a wanted person is not clearly prohibited under the laws of the requested Contracting Party, that Contracting Party may authorise extradition without formal extradition proceedings, provided that the wanted person agrees thereto in a statement made before a member of the judiciary after being heard by the latter and informed of the right to formal extradition proceedings.

The representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council declare that the additional amounts shall be mentioned in Annex XV of the Accession Treaty without prejudice to the European Parliament's rights and the powers and prerogatives of the budgetary authority conferred by Article 272 of the EC Treaty and the relevant provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (IIA) in particular points 15, 19 to 21 and 24 thereof and in the negotiations on the future financial perspective.

The Community reserves the right to make subsequent declarations in respect of the Convention and the Agreement and in response to future declarations and positions.

Parties to the appeal proceedings shall be entitled to make oral presentations.