ARTICLE 23
the purpose of identifying the law applicable under the Convention, where a State comprises several territorial units each of which has its own rules of law in respect of trusts, any reference to the law of that State is to be construed as referring to the law in force in the territorial unit in question.
ARTICLE 24
A State within which different territorial units have their own rules of law in respect of trusts is not bound to apply the Convention to conflicts. solely between the laws of such units.-
ARTICLE 25
The Convention shall not affect any other international instrument containing provisions on matters governed by this Convention to which a Contracting State is, or becomes, a Party.
CHAPTER V-FINAL CLAUSES
ARTICLE 26
Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, or at the time of making a declaration in terms of Article 29, make the reservations provided for in Articles 16, 21 and 22.
No other reservation shall be permitted.
Any Contracting State may at any time withdraw a reservation which it has made; the reservation shall cease to have effect on the first day of the third calendar month after notification of the withdrawal.
ARTICLE 27.
The Convention shall be open for signature by the States which were Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law at the time of its Fifteenth Session.
It shall be ratified, accepted or approved and the instruments of ratifi- cation, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
ARTICLE 28
Any other State may accede to the Convention after it has entered into force in accordance with Article 30, paragraph 1.
The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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