# Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (2004/579/EC), Article 37: Relation with protocols

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. This Convention may be supplemented by one or more protocols.
2. In order to become a Party to a protocol, a State or a regional economic integration organisation must also be a Party to this Convention.
3. A State Party to this Convention is not bound by a protocol unless it becomes a Party to the protocol in accordance with the provisions thereof.
4. Any protocol to this Convention shall be interpreted together with this Convention, taking into account the purpose of that protocol.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/579/annex/I/article/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579/annex-I/article-37
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.