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1. Each Contracting State shall specify in its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession the part or parts of Parts II to X in respect in which it accepts the obligations embodied in this (revised) Code.
2. Each Party shall secure to the persons protected, in connection with any of the Parts II to X for which it accepts the obligations embodied in this (revised) Code, the benefit provided for in that part for the contingency or contingencies covered, in accordance with the provisions of that part.
3. Each Contracting State accepting the obligations embodied in Parts II, III, IX and X shall be deemed also to comply with the obligations embodied in Part VI, if its legislation entitles victims of work accidents or occupational diseases to medical care, sickness and invalidity benefit and their survivors to survivors' benefit, irrespective of the origin of the respective contingencies and provided that such legislation does not make entitlement to benefit conditional on any qualifying period. For the purposes of this paragraph, a Contracting State deemed to comply with the obligations embodied in Part X in accordance with paragraph 4 of this article shall be considered to have accepted the obligations of Part X.
4. Each Contracting State accepting the obligations embodied in Parts V, VII and IX shall be deemed also to comply with the obligations of Part X if, where Parts V and IX are concerned, its legislation protects the total economically active population and if, where Part VII is concerned, its legislation protects all children of the economically active population.
5. Any Contracting State which wishes to avail itself of the provisions of paragraphs 3 or 4 of this article shall so specify in its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
6. Each Party shall endeavour to take appropriate measures to ensure equal treatment for protected persons of both sexes in the application of those parts of the present (revised) Code whose obligations it has accepted.