One week earlier, the parliament's civil liberties committee already rejected the deal, citing legal reservations.

But countries can ratify with legal reservations, and the treaty language has many loopholes.

However, he does have some legal reservations about the applicability of the enhanced cooperation procedure in this specific case.

Soft law does not guarantee full legal protection; it is not binding and gives rise to legal reservations.

Let me also reiterate that there are strong legal reservations, because no intergovernmental agreements exist within these zones to enforce mandatory mutual recognition of pesticide licences.

Burden on the Prosecution But if the public pressures on Ms. Reno and the United States Attorney in Brooklyn, Zachary W. Carter, were real, so were the legal reservations.

Diplomats have speculated that China might adopt the covenant, perhaps with legal reservations on some provisions, before the annual meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, which begins on March 19 in Geneva.

The inalienable freedom of art – for the inclusion of which in the Austrian constitution, let me add, I myself spoke up in the Austrian parliament – is subject to legal reservations and demands consideration and respect, and the same applies in the case of the freedom enjoyed by journalists.