treaties as codified in Article 28 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the starting point for application is the date on which a treaty came into force in a country and not the date of its signature as the Government points out. However there are exceptions to this rule when events occurring before the entry into force of a treaty continue to occur after this date, thus potentially constituting a continuing violation (see, for example, European Court of Human Rights, Papamichalopoulos and others v. Greece, judgment of 24 June 1993, Series A. 260B, §40). 16. The Committee notes that several allegations of violations in the complaint registered on 4 April 2005 refer to the period after 1 August 1998, the date on which the Protocol came into force in Greece. As regards events that occurred before this date, the question of whether these are to linked to a continuing violation or not will be considered in the proceedings on the merits of the complaint. 17. For these reasons, the Committee, on the basis of the report presented by Mr Jean-Michel BELORGEY and without prejudice to its decision on the merits of the complaint, DECLARES THE COMPLAINT ADMISSIBLE In application of Article 7§1 of the Protocol, requests the Executive Secretary to notify the complainant organisation and the defending state of the present decision, to transmit it to the parties to the Protocol and the states having submitted a declaration pursuant to Article D paragraph 2 of the Revised Charter, and to make it public. Invites the Government to make written submissions on the merits of the complaint by 13 January 2006. Invites the MFHR to submit a response to the Government’s submissions by a deadline which it shall determine. Invites parties to the Protocol and the states having submitted a declaration pursuant to Article D paragraph 2 of the Revised Charter to make comments by 13 January 2006, should they so wish. In application of Article 7§2 of the Protocol, requests the Executive Secretary to inform the international organisations of employers or workers mentioned in Article 27§2 of the Charter and to invite them to make observations by 13 January 2006. Jean-Michel BELORGEY Rapporteur Président Régis BRILLAT Executive Secretary