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Art.20 |
Article XX |
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Art.20.1 |
1. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to the articles of this Convention. |
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Art.20.2 |
2. Any Contracting Party to this Convention may propose amendments to any Protocol. |
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Art.20.3 |
3. Any such proposed amendment shall be transmitted to the depositary and communicated by it through diplomatic channels to all the Contracting Parties and to the Commission. |
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Art.20.4 |
4. Amendments to this Convention and to any Protocol shall be adopted by consensus at a Diplomatic Conference of the Contracting Parties to be convened within 90 days after the circulation of the proposed amendment by the depositary. |
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Art.20.5 |
5. The amendments shall enter into force 30 days after the depositary has received notifications of acceptance of these amendments from all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.21 |
Article XXI |
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Art.21.1 |
1. Annexes to this Convection or to any Protocol shall form an integral part of the Convention or such Protocol, as the case may be. |
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Art.21.2 |
2. Any Contracting Party may propose amendments to the Annexes to this Convention or to the Annexes of any Protocol through its Representative in the Commission. Such amendments shall be adopted by the Commission on the basis of consensus. The depositary, duly informed by the Chairman of the Commission of its decision, shall without delay communicate the amendments so adopted to all the Contracting Parties. Such amendments shall enter into force 30 days after the depositary has received notifications of acceptance from all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.21.3 |
3. The provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply to the adoption and entry into force of a new Annex to this Convention or to any Protocol. |
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Art.26 |
Article XXVI |
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Art.26.1 |
1. At the request of a Contracting Party or upon a recommendation by the Commission, a Diplomatic Conference of the Contracting Parties may be convened with the consent of all Contracting Parties in order to adopt additional Protocols. |
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Art.26.2 |
2. Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession to, entry into force, and denounciation of additional Protocol shall be done in accordance with procedures contained, respectively, in Articles XXVIII, XXIX, and XXX of this Convention. |
