1. Any state may at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, specify the territory or territories for whose international relations it is responsible, to which framework Convention shall apply.

2. Any state may at any later date, by a Declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, extend any application of this framework Convention to any other territory specified in the Declaration. In respect of such territory, the framework Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months after the date of receipt of such a declaration by the Secretary General.

3. Any declaration made under the two preceding paragraphs may, in respect of any territory specified in such a declaration, be withdrawn by a notification addressed to the Secretary General. The withdrawal shall become effective on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of receipt of such notification by the Secretary General.

The Republic of Croatia deposited its instrument of ratification of the Framework Convention for the Protection of national Minorities without placing any restrictions on its implementation on any part of the territory of the Republic of Croatia.