Sustainable Tourism Law

180 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LAW Article 4 Acceptance of requirements of the Convention 1.When ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to this Convention, a State Party shall accept at the minimum one Annex to this Convention to be indicated in the instrument of ratification or in a declaration appended in that instrument. The Secretary-General shall maintain a register of this information and shall make it available to all interested parties. 2. A State Party may at any time extend its acceptance to one or several other Annexes to the Convention by written notification to the depositary. Such action shall become effective immediately upon receipt of the notification to the depositary. 3. A State Party may at any time withdraw its acceptance of one or several Annexes to the Convention by written notification to the depositary provided it continues to accept at least one Annex. Such withdrawal shall become effective six months after its notification to the depositary. b) At European level : Sustainable Tourism should be regulated by Directives, Regulations and Decisions with binding force. The goals set out in the EU treaties are achieved by several types of legal acts. Some are binding, others are not and some apply to all EU countries while others to just a few. Regulations and Directives will provide binding force to achieve Sustainable Tourism goals. A Regulation is a binding legislative act. It must be applied in its entirety across the EU. A Directive is a legislative act that sets out a goal that all EU countries must achieve. However, it is up to the individual countries to devise their own laws on how to reach these goals. One example is the EU consumer rights Directive 14 (Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), which strengthens rights for consumers across the EU, for example by eliminating hidden charges and costs on the Internet, and extending the period under which consumers can withdraw from a sales contract. Finally, a Decision is binding for those to 14 OJEU, L 304/6, 22-11-2011.