Art.25 |
Article 25 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONVENTION AND ITS RELATED PROTOCOLS |
Art.25.1 |
1. No State may become a Contracting Party to this Convention unless it becomes at the same time a Contracting Party to at least one protocol. No State may become a Contracting Party to a protocol unless it is, or becomes at the same time, a Contracting Party to this Convention. |
Art.25.2 |
2. Any protocol to this Convention shall be binding only on the Contracting Parties to the protocol in question. |
Art.25.3 |
3. Decisions concerning any protocol pursuant to articles 17, 19 and 20 of this Convention shall be taken only by the Parties to the protocol concerned. |
Art.26 |
Article 26 SIGNATURE |
Art.26.1x |
This Convention and the Protocol on Cooperation in Combating Pollution in Cases of Emergency shall be in Abidjan from 23 March to 22 June 1981 for signature by any coastal or island State, from Mauritania to Namibia inclusive. |
Art.27 |
Article 27 RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL |
Art.27.1x |
This Convention and any protocol thereto shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the Ivory Coast, which will assume the functions of Depositary. |
Art.28 |
Article 28 ACCESSION |
Art.28.1 |
1. As from 23 June 1981, the present Convention and the Protocol concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution in Cases of Emergency shall be open for accession by the States referred to in article 26. |
Art.28.2 |
2. After the entry into force of this Convention and any protocol thereto, any African State not referred to in article 26 may accede to them. |
Art.28.3 |
3. This Convention and any protocol thereto shall also remain open after the entry into force for accession by any other State, subject to the prior approval of three quarters of the States referred to in article 26 which have become Contracting Parties. |
Art.28.4 |
4. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. |