Reservation made upon signature:
"Signature affixed subject to the reservations referred to in Article 3, paragraph 1, sub-paragraphs a, b and c formulated in the manner specified in Article 10 of the Agreement"
Declaration made upon signature:
"The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands interprets the word "signature" in the first line of Article 10 as meaning only the signature, without any reservation in respect of ratification."
Declaration made upon signature:
"In their application to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the words "metropolitan territories" in Article 12, paragraph 1 of the Agreement no longer have their original sense but shall be deemed to signify "European Territory" in view of the equality existing in public law between the Netherlands, Surinam and the Netherlands West Indies."
[Note by the CE Secretariat: The Convention no longer applies to Surinam since this territory became independent on 25 November 1975.]