The depositary of the European treaties is the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe He/she receives and transmits all the States notifications related to the life of the treaties: signatures, ratifications, acceptances and accessions, reservations and declarations, etc He/she is the guardian of the treaties
One who receives a deposit of money, securities, instruments, or other property; to be distinguished from depository, which is the place of deposit
{i} place where something is stored or placed in trust; one to whom something is given in trust