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Any Contracting State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, reserve the right to exclude the application of Article 1 in the case of persons who are not nationals of a Contracting State but who have their habitual residence in a Contracting State other than the reserving State or formerly had their habitual residence in the reserving State, if there is no reciprocity of treatment between the reserving State and the State of which the applicants for legal aid are nationals.
Any Contracting State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, reserve the right to exclude -
a. the use of English or French, or both, under paragraph 2 of Article 7;
b. the application of paragraph 2 of Article 13;
c. the application of Chapter II;
d. the application of Article 20. Where a State has made a reservation -
e. under paragraph 2a of this Article, excluding the use of both English and French, any other State affected thereby may apply the same rule against the reserving State;
f. under paragraph 2b of this Article, any other State may refuse to apply paragraph 2 of Article 13 to persons who are nationals of or habitually resident in the reserving State;
g. under paragraph 2c of this Article, any other State may refuse to apply Chapter II to persons who are nationals of or habitually resident in the reserving State.
No other reservation shall be permitted.
Any Contracting State may at any time withdraw a reservation it has made. The withdrawal shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The reservation shall cease to have effect on the first day of the third calendar month after the notification.