(2) Each Contracting Party may withdraw from this Agreement by diplomatic channels with a written notification to the Depositary.
(3) The withdrawal shall take effect six months from the date on which the notification was received by the Depositary.
(4) If the national contact point of the withdrawing Contracting Party has concluded separate documents in accordance with Article 3, these separate documents shall remain effective until the national contact points of the Contracting Parties concerned, have in mutual consent terminated the cooperation under the respective separate document, taking fully into account the safety of the persons to be protected in these particular cases.
Done at Štiřín, on 25 May 2012, in a single original in the English language.
For the Republic of Austria
Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Minister of Interior
For the Republic of Bulgaria
Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
For the Republic of Croatia
Ranko Ostojić, Minister of Interior
For the Czech Republic
Jan Kubice, Minister of Interior
For Hungary
Sándor Pintér, Minister of Interior
For Romania
Marian Tutilescu, Head of Schengen, European Affairs and International Relations Departmen of Ministry of Interior
For the Slovak Republic
Jozef Buček, State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior
For the Republic of Slovenia
Vinko Gorenak, Minister of Interior