46. The Court itself, in its Order of 11 September 1976 took due notice of the Turkish Govemment's obsemations (I.C.J. Reports 1976, p. 5 , paras. 7 and 8). It also called attention to the invocation by Turkey of reservation (b) in Greece's instrument of accession, and set out the text of the reservation (ibid, p. 8, para. 19). In that Order, moreover, the Court expressly stated that, "having regard to the position taken by the Turkish Government in its observations communicated to the Court on 26 August 1976, that the Court has no jurisdiction to entertain the Greek Application", it was "necessary to resolve first of al1 the question of the Court's jurisdiction with respect to the case" (ibid.,p. 13, para. 45). Accordingly, after giving its finding on the request for interim measures, the Court went on to decide that the present proceedings should be addressed to "the question of the Court's jurisdiction to entertain the dispute". 47. In the procedural circumstancesof the case it cannot be said that the Court does not now have before it an invocation by Turkey of resemation (b)which conforms to the provisions of the General Act and of the Rules of Court. Nor can it be said that the Court substitutes itself for the Turkish Government if it now takes cognizance of a resemation duly invoked in limine litis in the proceedings on the request for interim measures. It would not discharge its duty under Article 53 of the Statute if it were to leave out of its consideration a reservation, the invocation of which by the Respondent was properly brought toits notice earlier in the proceedings. It follows that the Court has now to examine the scope of reservation (b) and its application to the present dispute. 48. The text of the reservations in Greece's instrument of accession reads as follows : "Sont exclus des procédures décrites par l'Acte général, sans en excepter celle de conciliation visée à son chapitre 1: a) les différends nés de faits antérieurs, soit à l'adhésion de la Grèce, soit à l'adhésion d'une autre Partie avec laquelle la Grèce viendrait à avoir un différend; b) les différends portant sur des questions que le droit international laisse à la compétence exclusive des Etats et, notamment, les différends ayant trait au statut territorial de la Grèce, y compris ceux relatifs à ses droits de souveraineté sur ses ports et ses voies de communication." [Translation1 "The following disputes are excluded from the procedures described in the General Act, including the procedure of conciliation referred to in Chapter 1: