relating to the protection of public health or safety, the protection of animals or the preservation of plants, and public policy, notably the protection of minors, a Party is obliged to prepare technical regulations in a very short space of time in order to enact and introduce them immediately without any consultations being possible;b in cases where for urgent reasons occasioned by serious circumstances relating to the protection of the security and the integrity of the financial system, notably the protection of depositors, investors and insured persons, a Party is obliged to enact and to implement rules on financial services immediately;In the cases mentioned in subparagraphs (a) and (b), the Party shall give reasons to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for the urgency of the measures in question.c to domestic regulations enacted by or for regulated markets or by or for other markets or bodies carrying out clearing or settlement functions for those markets.6 Each Party which finalises any domestic regulations aimed specifically at "Information Society Services" shall transmit the definitive text to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe without delay and where practicable by electronic means.7 Upon receipt of the texts of the adopted domestic regulations under paragraph 6 above, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall make them available, where practicable by electronic means, and shall keep this information in a single database within the Council of Europe.Article 5- DeclarationsThe authorities referred to in Article 3 shall be designated by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, when the State concerned or the European Community becomes a Party to the present Convention, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9. Any change shall likewise be declared to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.Article 6- Relationship to other instruments and agreements1 This Convention shall not affect any international instrument which is binding on the Parties and which contains provisions on matters governed by this Convention.2 The European Community shall equally fulfil the obligation to notify the texts transmitted to it by its Member States in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 4, and shall transmit to them the observations received by the other Parties, in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 4.Article 7- Amendments to Article 1 of the Convention concerning excluded matters1 Any amendment to Article 1, paragraph 3 of this Convention proposed by a Party shall be communicated to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe who shall forward the communication to the European Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ).2 The proposed amendment shall be examined by the Parties, which may adopt it by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast. The text adopted shall be forwarded to the Parties. The European Community shall have the same number of votes as the number of its Member States.3 On the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of four months after its adoption by the Parties, unless the Parties have notified objections by one-third of the votes cast, any amendment shall enter into force for those Parties which have not notified objection.4 A Party which has notified an objection in pursuance of the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 7 may subsequently withdraw it in whole or in part. Such withdrawal shall be made by means of a notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and shall become effective as from the date of its receipt.Article 8- Signature and entry into force1 This Convention shall be open for signature by the Member States of the Council of Europe, the non-Member States which have participated in its elaboration and the European Community. Such States and the European Community may express their consent to be bound by:a signature without reservation as to ratification, acceptance or approval; orb 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.3 This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date on which five signatories, of which at least one is not a Member State of the European Economic Area, have expressed their consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.4 In respect of any signatory which subsequently expresses its consent to be bound by it, the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the expiration of a period of three months after the date of the expression of their consent to be bound by the Convention in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.Article 9- Accession to the Convention1 After the entry into force of the present Convention, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, after consulting the Parties to the Convention, may invite any non-Member State of the Council which has not participated in its elaboration to accede to this Convention, by a decision taken by the majority provided for in Article 20.d of the Statute of the Council of Europe and by the unanimous vote of the representatives of the Parties entitled to sit on the Committee.2 In respect of any State acceding to it, the Convention shall enter into force on