the European Economic Community.
 Article 6
 This Protocol shall apply to the European territories of the Contracting States, to the French overseas departments and to the French overseas territories.
 The Kingdom of the Netherlands may declare at the time of signing or ratifying this Protocol or at any later time, by notifying the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities, that this Protocol shall be applicable to Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles.
 Article 7
 This Protocol shall be ratified by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities.
 Article 8
 This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by the last signatory State to take this step; provided that it shall at the earliest enter into force at the same time as the Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
 Article 9
 The Contracting States recognize that any State which becomes a member of the European Economic Community, and to which Article 63 of the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters applies, must accept the provisions of this Protocol, subject to such adjustments as may be required.
 Article 10
 The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities shall notify the signatory States of:
 (a)
 the deposit of each instrument of ratification;
 (b)
 the date of entry into force of this Protocol;
 (c)
 any designation received pursuant to Article 4 (3);
 (d)
 any declaration received pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 6.
 Article 11
 The Contracting States shall communicate to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities the texts of any provisions of their laws which necessitate an amendment to the list of courts in Article 2(1).
 Article 12
 This Protocol is concluded for an unlimited period.
 Article 13
 Any Contracting State may request the revision of this Protocol. In this event, a revision conference shall be convened by the President of the Council of the European Communities.
 Article 14
 This Protocol, drawn up in a single original in the Dutch, French, German and Italian languages, all four texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities. The Secretary-General shall transmit a certified copy to the Government of each signatory State.
 In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Protocol.
 Done at Luxembourg this third day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.
 For His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
 Alfons VRANCKX
 For the President of the Federal Republic of Germany,
 Gerhard JAHN
 For the President of the French Republic,
 René PLEVEN
 For the President of the Italian Republic,
 Erminio PENNACCHINI
 For His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
 Eugène SCHAUS
 For Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands,
 C.H.F. POLAK
 JOINT DECLARATION
 The Governments