1. This Treaty shall enter into force thirty days after the date of the deposit of at least three instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval.

2. For each State or territory ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Treaty after it entered into force in accordance with

paragraph 1 of this article

, the Treaty shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the date of deposit of the relevant instrument. The same rule applies to an accession of the European Union to this Treaty.

3. Pending its entry into force, this Treaty may be applied provisionally by the States having signed it in accordance with

Article 14, paragraph 1

, and subject to a declaration made by a State upon signature.

4. Pending its entry into force for a State or territory acceding to this Treaty in accordance with

Article 14, paragraph 3

, this Treaty is applied provisionally between that State or territory and the Parties to the Treaty.

5. This Treaty shall apply to any ongoing verification of an asset declaration or any verification procedure started or reopened by a requesting Party after the Treaty entered into force for that Party, even if the declaration was submitted before that date.

6. This Treaty shall apply notwithstanding any changes in the asset declaration system of a Party taking place after the entry into force of the Treaty.