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Art.21 |
ARTICLE 21 |
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Art.21.1 |
(1) Ordinary meetings of the Contracting Parties shall be, held at least once in three years, in as far as possible in conjunction with appropriate meetings of ASEAN, and extraordinary meetings shall be held at any other time upon the request of one Contracting Party provided that such request is supported by at least one other Party. |
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Art.21.2 |
(2) it shall be the function of the meetings of the Contracting Parties, in particular |
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Art.21.2.a |
(a) to keep under review the implementation of this Agreement and the need for other measures, in particular the Appendices; |
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Art.21.2.b |
(b) to adopt, review and amend as required any Appendix to this Agreement; |
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Art.21.2.c |
(c) to consider reports submitted by the Contracting Parties in accordance with Article 28 or any other information which may be submitted by a Party, directly or through the Secretariat; |
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Art.21.2.d |
(d) to make recommendations regarding the adoption of any Protocol or any amendment to this Agreement; |
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Art.21.2.e |
(e) to establish working groups or any other subsidiary body as required to consider any matter related to this Agreement; (f) to consider and undertake any additional action including the adoption of financial rules, that may be required for the achievement of the purposes of this Agreement. |
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Art.24 |
ARTICLE 24 |
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Art.24.1 |
(1) The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in the formulation and adoption of Protocols to the Agreement, prescribing agreed measures procedures and standards for the implementation of this Agreement. |
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Art.24.2 |
(2) The Contracting Parties at a diplomatic conference, may adopt Protocols to this Agreement. |
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Art.24.3 |
(3) The Protocols of this Agreement shall be subject to acceptance and shall enter it force on the thirtieth day after the deposit with the Depositary of the Instrument, )f Acceptance of all the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.25 |
ARTICLE 25 |
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Art.25.1 |
(1) Any Contracting Parties to this Agreement may propose amendments to the Agreement. Amendments shall be adopted by a diplomatic conference which shall be convened at the request of the majority of the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.25.2 |
(2) Amendments to this Agreement shall be adopted by a consensus of the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.25.3 |
(3) Acceptance of amendments shall be notified to the Depositary in writing and shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the receipt by the Depositary of notification of the acceptance by all the Contracting Parties. |
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Art.25.4 |
(4) After the entry into force of an amendment to this Agreement any new Contracting Party to this Agreement shall become a Contracting Party to this Agreement as amended. |
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Art.26 |
ARTICLE 26 |
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Art.26.1 |
(1) Appendices to this Agreement shall form an integral part of the Agreement; |
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Art.26.2 |
(2) Amendments to an Appendix; |
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Art.26.2.a |
(a) Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to an appendix at a meeting of the Contracting Parties; |
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Art.26.2.b |
(b) Such amendments shall be adopted by a consensus of the Contracting Parties; |
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Art.26.2.c |
(c) The Depositary shall without delay communicate the amendment so adopted to all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.26.3 |
(3) The adoption and entry into force of a new Appendix to this Agreement shall be subject to the same procedure as for the adoption and entry into force of an amendment to an Appendix as provided for in paragraph (2) of this Article provided that, the new Appendix shall not enter into force until such time as the amendment to the Agreement enters into force. |
