The Contracting Parties undertake to provide, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, information concerning their substantive and procedural law, their judicial organisation in the criminal field, including the Public Prosecutor's Office, as well as the Law relating to the enforcement of criminal measures. This undertaking shall apply to any proceedings for offences whose repression is, at the time when the information is requested, the jurisdiction of the judicial authorities of the requesting Party.

A request for information on matters concerning the areas referred to in Article 1 may:

A.

Come, in addition to a court, from any competent judicial authority in relation to the prosecution or enforcement of final and res judiced sentences; and

B.

Be formed, not only in the case of an already engaged body, but also in the case of a prosecution.

Within the framework of the undertaking arising from Article 1 (1) of the Convention, the Contracting Parties agree that the request for information may:

A.

Emanate, in addition to a judicial authority, from any authority or person acting within the framework of an official system of legal assistance or legal advice on behalf of economically disadvantaged persons; and

B.

Be formed, not only in the case of an already engaged body, but also in the case of an instance.

1. Any Contracting Party that has not created or designated one or more transmission organs ¹ In accordance with Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Convention, shall create or designate such bodies responsible for transmitting to the competent foreign receiving body any request for information made under Article 3 of the present Protocol.

2. Any Contracting Party shall communicate to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe the name and address of the transmission organ or organs created or designated pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

(1) Any State may, at the time of signature or the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, declare that it shall be bound only by the provisions of Chapter 1 or by those of Chapter 11 of this Protocol.

2. Any State which has made such a declaration may at any time thereafter declare by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe that it will be bound by all the provisions of Chapters I and II. Such notification shall take effect on the date of its receipt.

3. Any Contracting Party which is bound by all the provisions of Chapters I and II may at any time declare by notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe that it will be bound only by the provisions of the Chapter I or those of Chapter II. Such notification shall take effect six months after the date of its receipt.

The provisions of Chapter I or Chapter II shall apply only between Contracting Parties which are bound respectively by the provisions of the same Chapter.

1. This Protocol shall be open for signature by the member States of the Council of Europe, signatories to the Convention, which may become Parties to the Protocol by:

A.

Signature without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval;

B.

Signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval, followed by ratification, acceptance or approval.

2. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

No member state of the Council of Europe will be able to sign this Protocol without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval, or to ratify, accept or approve, without having simultaneously or previously ratified or accepted the Convention.

1. This Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date on which three member States of the Council of Europe have become Parties to the Protocol in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.

2. For any Member State which subsequently signs it without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval or ratification, acceptance or approval, the Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of signature or deposit of the The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval.

After the entry into force of this Protocol, any State which has acceded to or has been invited to accede to the Convention may be invited by the Committee of Ministers to accede also to this Protocol.

2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit, by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, of an instrument of accession which shall take effect three months after the date of its deposit.

(1) Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, designate the territory or territories to which this Protocol shall apply.

(2) Any State may, at the time of the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or at any other time thereafter, extend the application of this Protocol by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council Of Europe, to any other territory designated in the declaration for which it is responsible for international relations or for which it is entitled to stipulate.

3. Any declaration made under the preceding paragraph may be withdrawn, in respect of any territory designated in that declaration, by notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The withdrawal shall take effect six months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

1. Any Contracting Party may, as far as it is concerned, denounce this Protocol by sending a notification to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

2. Denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The denunciation of the Convention shall automatically terminate the denunciation of this Protocol.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member states of the Council and any State which has acceded to the Convention:

A.

Any signature without reservation of ratification, acceptance or approval;

B.

Any signature subject to ratification, acceptance or approval;

C.

The deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession;

D.

Any date of entry into force of this Protocol in accordance with Article 7 thereof;

E.

Any notification received pursuant to the provisions of Article 4;

F.

Any declaration or notification received pursuant to the provisions of Article 5;

G.

Any declaration received pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 and any withdrawal of such declaration;

H.

Any notification received pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 and the date on which the denunciation takes effect.

In witness whereof, The undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, have signed this Protocol.

Done at Strasbourg, on 15 March 1978, in English and French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.

(Suivent signatures)