In the presence of Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Ambassador Katya Todorova, the Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe of Bulgaria, the country currently holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union, deposited instruments today on behalf of the European Union approving:

• the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS No. 196) and
• the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS No. 217).

The Convention and its Protocol will enter into force in respect of the European Union on 1 October 2018.